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Science as Culture, Not Department - using the scientific method throughout every decision point in a startup @HelloKadeya open.substack.com/pub/manuel…
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3 Dec 2025
How I Took @HelloKadeya From an Idea to Early Execution - my new Substack
(or: how a passionate outsider with a wild idea, a few drawings, and a handful of committed collaborators willed a circular beverage system into the world)
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20 Nov 2025
What every founder needs to hear from a potential cofounder: "What's my value add?"
Announcing my @HelloKadeya cofounder, Denis Lussault, 5 years into building the business
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15 Sep 2025
100% this ➡️ definition of grit/resilience/perseverance is getting up over over over again
When a VC gets their panties in a bunch because of the creative (wholly legal) ways I've gotten @HelloKadeya funded, it shows me they aren't thinking big enough
15 Sep 2025
Most people think startups fail because they run out of cash.
Nah. After watching hundreds fail, I can tell you:
They die when founders lose hope and stop fighting.
The money's just the excuse. The real killer is giving up.
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15 Sep 2025
Headed to #TechCrunchDisrupt - considering @HelloKadeya body armor heading into Startup Battlefield 200
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Manuela Zoninsein (she/her) retweeted
18 Jul 2024
Reset talks sustainability and plastic waste reduction with sustainability contributor @KarenRWeigert @lizkunkle of @ilenviro and @ManuelasWeb, CEO and founder of @HelloKadeya. trib.al/ZNBXsk6
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7 Jun 2024
Congrats to my good friend @mollywood on year 1 of Everybody in the Pool 🎉 🎊
Always inspiring to hear from @ManuelasWeb, founder of @HelloKadeya, and the work she and her team are doing!
Give episode 51 a listen: open.spotify.com/episode/3eb…
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14 Mar 2024
Plastic pollution shows up in human blood, in food, in oceans. Experts at @aspenideas: Climate offer hope. ➡️@hellokadeya offers a #plasticfree solution, TODAY sun-sentinel.com/2024/03/14/…
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7 Mar 2024
New #microplastics research shows the scary ways they’re harming your body ➡️ "this is pivotal" fastcompany.com/91049536/new…
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22 Oct 2023
Love me some #blueline action to get to/from #ohare airport. Would love elevators at every stop (ahem, Damen I’m lookin at you), especially when my elderly mother comes to town - let’s welcome visitors the right way. #publictransport
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Meet @ManuelasWeb CEO & Founder of @HelloKadeya, a climate tech start-up on a mission to eliminate the use of single-use beverage containers for everyone. 💧Kaydeya is 1 of the 10 finalists for our Dream Climate Tech Launchpad! 👏🏽 @cbschicago
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17 Sep 2023
Why reusable water bottles aren't enough to cut our addiction to #singleuse
12 Sep 2023
In this episode @mollywood and @HelloKadeya Founder @ManuelasWeb look at the future of hydration with vending machines that source water locally and re-use bottles. A circular system that will free the world from single-use. #zerowaste #sustainability #hydration #circulareconomy
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15 Aug 2023
Important quick read about the farce of #compostable #packaging in America. A key concern not discussed: the influx of new material types consumers must contend with confuses sullies what were once pretty straightforward waste streams (ie, food grade compost; 1-2 recycling).
6 Jul 2023
A compostable fork you use for 2 minutes might still exist a century from now. The truth about compostable plastic is that it only degrades under very specific conditions that only exist in a few facilities in the U.S. My latest: theatlantic.com/science/arch…
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4 Aug 2023
Loved in Chiba 2007-2015 and saw this happening before my eyes. Shanghai to China in 5 hours on a train. Same distance as Chicago to NYC. Makes train travel competitive with air travel. And it’s so much more comfortable!
4 Aug 2023
Remember that in the time since California started one high-speed rail line that will never be completed, China built this entire high-speed rail network from scratch:
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2 May 2023
Proud of @HelloKadeya for nabbing a finalist spot in this year's @FastCompany #FCWorldChangingIdeas. Bravo 👏👏👏 to @EpicCleantec for winning, hats off for your work reducing #waterwaste.
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Manuela Zoninsein (she/her) retweeted
9 Mar 2023
ICYMI: Female Founders Forum Shark Tank Winner @HelloKadeya featured on @wjxt4 with @PS27Ventures! #SheThinksBig youtu.be/WSHIEv-N2CY
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9 Mar 2023
After dozens, maybe hundreds, of presentations over the years, I finally delivered an airtight #pitch. Here's my 5-minute script in hopes of helping other #founders accelerate to a #win: bit.ly/3FaArGQ
3 Mar 2023
Congratulations to @HelloKadeya, the PS27 Female Founders Forum Shark Tank winner! #SheThinksBig
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5 Jan 2023
Sick of #singleuse? So are we. That's why we're building the #beverage #CircularEconomy - come say hi to us @HelloKadeya 🌊💦🚰⬇️↩️🔁
5 Jan 2023
This vending machine’s secret to reducing waste? A hidden dishwasher f-st.co/em8686k
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