Daily Record Financial News &
Monday, April 3, 2017
Vol. 104, No. 100 • One Section
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Profitless tech firm promises product
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ParkerVision CEO says he will begin marketing campaign
It was a family affair for 4th Circuit Court Judge Bruce Anderson when he donned his judge’s robe Thursday at his investiture. Helping, from left: wife Donna Anderson, sister Deanna Arend, son Ryan and Anderson’s mother, Mamie Anderson. For more photos, see Page 23.
A judge’ s journey
Longtime friend, Jacksonville lawyer Anthony “Butch” Berry provided some roasting of Judge Anderson, sharing with the attendees a photo of Anderson in executive training as a dishwasher at Chaucer’s in Gainesville before entering law school.
From a Mayport trailer park to the bench Seven months after winning 62 percent of the vote in the August elections and a seat as a 4th Circuit Court judge, Bruce Anderson Jr. officially became Judge Bruce Anderson Jr. on Thursday afternoon at his invesiture in the Ceremonial Courtroom at the Duval County Courthouse. Longtime friends Judge Mark Borello, Jacksonville lawyer Butch Berry and law partners Angelo Patacca and Wayne Hogan of Terrell Hogan told the packed courtroom of Anderson’s journey to the bench. Alternating between laughout-loud and serious anecdotes, they painted a picture of a boy who grew up in a Mayport trailer
park where he learned humility and hard work and who used those traits and determination to become a prosecutor and trial attorney of high-risk lawsuits. “Bruce Anderson will never, ever be anything but humble,” said Berry. Patacca and Hogan praised his unrelenting commitment to his clients, with Hogan noting: “Bruce Anderson will be a judge everyone can count on.” As Anderson addressed the audience, his voice wavered twice as he became overcome with emotion. “For the past couple months, I’ve dreaded this day. I don’t want to be the focus. But actually, it’s my opportunity to thank you.”
After recording about $4 million in revenue in the third quarter from a licensing agreement with Samsung Electronics Co., ParkerVision Inc. had no revenue in the fourth quarter. However, the Jacksonvillebased developer of wireless technology is on “the cusp of a major product launch,” says CEO Jeff Parker. ParkerVision has been working on a consumer product that enhances in-home Wi-Fi Parker performance and during its quarterly conference call last week, Parker said the company will soon begin a marketing campaign. “I expect we will ship initial products in Q2 with a significant ramp planned for the second half of 2017,” he said. Of course, Parker said during the company’s last conference call in November that he expected to begin shipping products before the end of 2016. ParkerVision hasn’t had a consumer product on the market in years. ParkerVision’s product is “a competitively priced consumer product that greatly improves the Wi-Fi connectivity experience in homes and small offices,” Parker said. Basch
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By Karen Brune Mathis Managing Editor Lisa Gufford, an almost 20-year veteran of the executive suites industry, took an idea, analyzed its opportunities and then made the decision. Downtown and its lawyers, mediators, court reporters and other professionals and groups needed more flexible conference space to rent by the hour. And she would provide it. “I just take an idea and it sticks,” Gufford said, explaining that she’s been refining it for about three years.
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She considers it a leap of faith. “But I have complete trust and belief in my gut and I know it’s going to be successful,” she said. On May 1, she anticipates unveiling the venture, which she and her husband, Wade, named Coastal Conference Center. They leased the entire 20th floor of 10,700 square feet in One Enterprise Center, with views of Downtown and the St. Johns River. It will offer 16 meeting rooms with conference tables and executive chairs. The seven largest conference rooms are named after the area’s bridges. Six can accommodate
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14-24 people and the largest, the Mathews, can handle up to 40. There also are five smaller conference rooms and four break-out rooms. “There’s a need for it in Jacksonville – and everywhere else,” Gufford said. Amenities include lounge nooks, the latest in technology and audiovisual equipment, a kitchen, copy room, catering, parking validation and other services. Gufford declined to provide an estimate of her investment in the Gufford
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Lisa Gufford turns her idea into business at One Enterprise
Lisa Gufford and her husband, Wade, are turning the 20th floor at One Enterprise Center into conference space available by the hour. “There’s a need,” she said. “And I know it’s a good business model.”
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