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Today's guest, Robert Sewell, is the founder & CEO of Vespr Solar. I’ve been intrigued with Robert for awhile now, mostly because every time he named one of his advisors it was someone I deeply admire and respect in the solar industry (and I kept asking myself “how the heck is this young guy with zero solar experience got so many of my mentors to back his idea!?”). Like the others in this RE+ NE series, we dig into what trends he’s seeing as he sells across the Utility-scale solar sector, where the opportunities lie, and what obstacles he’s overcoming to get there. But Vespr really is a different kind of application, and I’m curious to hear if You think this is an application you’d adopt for your own solar plants! Tune-in & tune up your skills, #SolarWarrior!
Timestamps
(3:38) Importance of in person meetings
(5:27) The VesprSolar Advisory Board
(7:03) What the DOE thought was groundbreaking about a new clamp
(10:34) VesprSolar's escalator pitch
(14:32) What would make VesprSolar's product obsolete
(17:33) The upside of VesprSolar
(20:20) Wrap up
NOTEWORTHY QUOTE:
“People look past it because they think yeah, to really provide vibration resistance, to really be a wind resilient solution, it had to be a much more complex product.”
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