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How Florrent’s Jose LaSalle (and Co-Founders) are Building Resiliency into the Energy Grid

Strong beliefs and growing awareness can be the cornerstone and vision of a new company. Jose LaSalle, Alex Nichols, and Joe Hastry (all UMass Amherst alums) brought that passion and experience together to found florrent.

How Florrent’s Jose LaSalle (and Co-Founders) are Building Resiliency into the Energy Grid

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Strong beliefs and growing awareness can be the cornerstone and vision of a new company.

Jose LaSalle, Alex Nichols, and Joe Hastry (all UMass Amherst alums) brought that passion and experience together to found florrent.

The clean energy company is working on ways to improve electrical grid resilience through the next generation of high-energy density supercapacitors.

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Strong beliefs and growing awareness can be the cornerstone and vision of a new company. Jose LaSalle, Alex Nichols, and Joe Hastry (all UMass Amherst alums) brought that passion and experience together to found florrent. The clean energy company is working on ways to improve electrical grid resilience through the next generation of high-energy density supercapacitors.

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  • Startup Boston caught up with Jose to discuss florrent's beginnings, the value of being a founder, lessons learned, and...

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