Growing up in Columbia with a family of entrepreneurs, Luisa Vesga, the owner and president of VMech Mechanical, an air conditioning business, knew she wanted to follow in their footsteps. Despite the potential risks of opening a small woman-owned business, Luisa Vesga and her husband, Juan Vesga, started their company as a two-person team. With no staffing support, the two split responsibilities to conquer the tasks that come with owning a company. Luisa Vesga took ownership for the business side of the company, while Juan Vesga, a mechanical engineer by trade, worked on the technical side as lead project manager and superintendent. Based in Miami, Florida, the once small woman-owned air-conditioning business now employs a team of 11 and generates $1.5 million in annual sales.