Non tech, but I started a sports beverage company with my brother and a neighbor. We are based in South Florida. My brother and I grew up playing sports and remember the simplicity of home-made drinks we'd take to games that blew the likes of Gatorade out of the park. We aim to replicate the simplicity of home-made drinks with simple ingredients. https://www.drinkiso.com/ Our whole value-add is based around the fact…
Really cool project. That cold shipping problem you mentioned sounds like a massive headache. I actually had a friend who was dealing with the exact same thing a while back . I remember him saying the game-changer for his business was looking into specialized cold chain 3PLs. Apparently they have all the refrigerated warehouses and get way better rates on overnight shipping. Might be a dead end, but could be worth a…
Re: shipping -yes that's where we're trying to get to. Right now going through traditional distributors is what we are doing because that helps us get retail footprint but one day, yes, we want to be D2C.
Re: siblings - oof, it's tough my man. Some days can be easy, others hard if not impossible. Not everyone gets to be as simpatico as the Collison brothers.
Re: ad concepts, yes absolutely - I'm more than happy to discuss. Did you have something specific in mind? What about costs?