{"id":142063,"date":"2026-02-03T16:03:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/142063\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T16:03:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:03:25","slug":"february-2026-tampa-bay-business-wealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/142063\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2026 &#8211; Tampa Bay Business &#038; Wealth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"625\" height=\"824\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/page-2.jpg.optimal.jpg\" class=\"mx-auto wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dave and Susan Ward, co-founders of Buddy Brew Coffee, seated together outdoors in Tampa, photographed for the February 2026 cover of Tampa Bay Business &amp; Wealth.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"212\" data-end=\"369\">The February 2026 issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Bay Business &amp; Wealth<\/a> focuses on how early decisions shape leadership, institutions and long-term growth across Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"371\" data-end=\"624\">This issue includes the cover story on Dave and Susan Ward and the choices that guided the growth of <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/2026\/01\/20\/buddy-brew-coffee-sprouts-in-store-cafes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buddy Brew Coffee<\/a>, along with reporting on University of South Florida <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/2026\/01\/19\/rhea-law-lifetime-bet-university-of-south-florida\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">President Rhea Law<\/a> and major business and development activity across the region.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TAMPA BAY BUSINESS NEWS<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"626\" data-end=\"772\">Together, the stories examine how trust, responsibility and execution influence outcomes, from founder-led companies to large public institutions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"774\" data-end=\"948\">Tampa Bay Business &amp; Wealth is published monthly and delivers people-centered business journalism focused on leadership, impact and the forces shaping the region\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The February 2026 issue of Tampa Bay Business &amp; Wealth focuses on how early decisions shape leadership, institutions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142064,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-142063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}