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A startup's to-do list is lengthy and can get complicated, from sources of capital to patent approval. But Patti Oliver and David Gibson have persevered. Their company, Naples-based Koala Healthcare System, develops and sells software that assists home health agencies in every aspect of managing their business.

The software also helps elderly patients keep track of doctors' appointments, send reminders to take medications and help coordinate home-care staffing from afar.

“We're the only ones who do mobile home care management,” Patti Oliver says. Additionally, Koala promises to link patients, doctors, caregivers and loved ones interactively, and in real time.