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 google. (not an expert in this stuff, just something I remembered)
On another note, it's cool to see another sibling team at it. My brother and i are also building a startup together (https://www.img-pt.com/). Our tool helps generate ads for products just like yours, without needing an agency or a huge budget, using the information on the website you already have.
Since you guys are in growth mode, would you be open to us making a few ad concepts for drinkiso with our software? I could send them over here for you to see if they're any good or useful. No pressure or strings attached at all.
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?
On another note, it's cool to see another sibling team at it. My brother and i are also building a startup together (https://www.img-pt.com/). Our tool helps generate ads for products just like yours, without needing an agency or a huge budget, using the information on the website you already have.
Since you guys are in growth mode, would you be open to us making a few ad concepts for drinkiso with our software? I could send them over here for you to see if they're any good or useful. No pressure or strings attached at all.
Keep up the great work!