Economic Forecast: Barbara Steinberg, founder, Excelerate Technology

Company: The exclusive United States reseller of financial records analysis software by Scotland-based company Altia-ABM, Barbara Steinberg went all in on the business. She moved to Naples two years ago after leaving behind her Medicaid application assistance business in New York. 

Going into her second full year here, 11 of her 12 clients have renewed their annual contracts with Excelerate Technology — the lone defection the result of a law enforcement agency losing its grant funding. The software automates the laborious process of examining financial records. It also has broad applications for accounting firms, law firms, law enforcement agencies, government agencies and more.