Alinta Furnell on co-founding Synbiote, How making a non alcoholic beer led to bioplastics
It all started with a 15 year old visiting in a biotech lab. Bam, the next generation of innovator was shaped and not so long down the track, Alinta Furnell, would become the CEO and co-founder of Synbiote, a company focusing on creating high-grade industrial bioplastics.
Alinta's journey, from an unexpected email halting can production for their non-alcoholic beer to transforming waste into innovative bioplastics.
Alinta shares her unique perspective on biotech, viewing it as harmonizing natural processes with modern applications, contrary to the common belief of its synthetic nature. The episode also covers the team's rapid achievement of taking a non-alcoholic beer from concept to market in 150 days, highlighting the efficient process and unexpected challenges faced, such as nearly exploding a brewery.
And if you like diversification in early career, you're in for a treat, with Alinta's numerous roles and experiences that contributed to her holistic understanding of biotech commercialization, and her success in various accelerator and fellowship programs, emphasizing the importance of community and personal branding in her career.
00:00 The Unexpected Trademark Hurdle
00:37 Welcome to Multiple Hats
01:05 Meet Alinta Furno: CEO of Symbiote
01:22 From Non-Alcoholic Beer to Bioplastics
01:50 Understanding Biotech and Sustainability
03:03 Challenges and Misconceptions in Biotech
04:37 Symbiote's Innovative Bioplastics
07:13 The Journey from Beer to Bioplastics
14:44 Alinta's Early Career and Inspirations
33:03 Starting the Brewing Journey
34:00 Sales Strategy and Rapid Innovation
38:29 Overcoming Trademark Challenges
41:09 Scaling Up Production
48:02 Community and Support Systems
54:53 Navigating PR and Personal Branding
59:52 Reflecting on Privileges and Barriers
01:01:31 Conclusion and Key Takeaways
You can learn more at https://www.synbiote.com/
And for more info on bioplastic in general you can read these two papers https://www.nature.com/articles/s41578-021-00407-8
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10905720/
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