A renewable resolve: Vanessa Carballido Clerch and Francisco Laboy Colondres

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Journeys of Innovation

A renewable resolve: Vanessa Carballido Clerch and Francisco Laboy Colondres

When lawyer Vanessa Carballido Clerch and her husband, Francisco Laboy Colondres, decided to launch a startup in Puerto Rico to address the need for low-cost and reliable energy, they initially played it safe with Vanessa reluctant to give up the security of her day job. Hurricane Maria further tested her desire to be an entrepreneur even more. To explain her fears — and her ultimate decision — she remembers a fateful decision her own father made 30 years before. 

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This is the first Journeys of Innovation that is available in Spanish. Lea la entrevista ahora.

Each month, our Journeys of Innovation series tells the stories of inventors or entrepreneurs who have made a positive difference in the world. 

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