Shaina Siena

Hey again @INSPIRED.insp.social community, I’d love your thoughts on something 💭🧠 I recently discovered another eco-friendly straw manufacturer in Asia. They’re much bigger than us, with a wider product line, validated tests, and global expansion underway. I reached out hoping to explore collaboration. I imagined possibilities like co-manufacturing or offering complementary products alongside our straws. Their reply was essentially, how would we work together when we’re competitors? I understood the instinct, but I shared my view that we’re both pushing Asian sustainable products onto the global stage. Instead of seeing each other as threats, we could build bridges and strengthen the movement. For now, I’ve been ghosted. What do you think? Are we genuinely competitors? And how do we navigate conversations where similar products might actually unlock something bigger together?

Hey @inspired.insp.social community 👋🏼 Excited to be here with people who care about impact and purpose-driven work. 🤝🏼 How I can help you: 1️⃣ My family and I founded @ekofuture.insp.social, a sustainable manufacturing startup creating solutions for the F&B space. Our pilot product, EkoStro, is an eco-friendly straw designed for hotels, restaurants, and cafés who want to go green. 2️⃣ I also come from an advertising and digital strategy background. If you need help promoting your business, I’m happy to brainstorm and build a plan with you. 🤝🏼 How you can help us: @ekofuture.insp.social is looking for partners and investors to support product testing, certifications, and the scale up of our distribution locally and globally. We are also open to working with business consultants who can help strengthen and refine our business model. Looking forward to connecting and creating impact together 🌱