Amanda Weeks
VP of Ambrosia, Recycle Track Systems. On 1 show, 2 appearances. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Amanda Weeks co-founded and led Industrial/Organic, later rebranded as Ambrosia, an organics recycling startup that recovered resources from food waste to produce circular commodities like Veles. In October 2020, Ambrosia was acquired by Recycle Track Systems, where she transitioned to an executive role overseeing zero-waste initiatives.
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6said about them ↓ Everything Amanda Weeks said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Weeks: Industrial Organic Will Burn About $60,000 Monthly Over Next Year
“In the next year, I think it's about 60,000 a month. I mean, we're going to be growing all through this year and hiring people and adding capacity, so it's hard to pinpoint Down one number.”
Weeks: Industrial Organic's minimum plant wage will be $20 an hour
“We're going to be paying people well above, we're going to be paying the lowest wage is 20 dollars an hour. So we're going to be paying well above union rates, essentially.”
Weeks: Industrial Organic will set minimum plant wage at $20/hour
“We're going to be paying people well above, we're going to be paying the lowest wage is 20 dollars an hour. So we're going to be paying well above union rates, essentially.”
Weeks: Industrial Organic processes food waste indoors without methane emissions
“So Industrial Organic has adapted commercial food processing technology to handle food waste in an indoor industrial setting without methane emissions and much lower odor than other methods.”
Weeks: The bottleneck in waste management is processing capacity, not collection
“Realized that the bottleneck is really in processing capacity.”
Weeks: Industrial Organic processes food waste in five days versus two months
“It's really expensive. Hard to scale. The yields aren't great. You need 30 days to collect the methane and then, you know, that sludge, there's a sludge left over that also needs to be composted. So, two months. Our process takes five days.”
Weeks: Industrial Organic will scale processing from 1 to 18 tons daily
“Our first facility will do one ton per day when we launch in February. And then by September, we'll have scaled to 18 tons per day.”
Weeks: Her actual burn matched the financial projections that investors previously dismissed
“I had what my projections were, and they thought that they were too low, but what our projections were ended up being true. Like that was what our burn was when that, that following year when we started building the team.”
Weeks: The real bottleneck in waste management is processing capacity
“And then just started networking in the space and researching and talking to people and realized that the bottleneck is really in processing capacity.”
Weeks: Process takes five days versus two months for anaerobic digestion
“You need 30 days to collect the methane and then, you know, that sludge, there's a sludge left over that also needs to be composted. So, two months. Our process takes five days.”
Industrial Organic will scale facility capacity to 18 tons daily by September
“So our first facility will do one ton per day when we launch in February. And then by September, we'll have scaled to 18 tons per day.”
Weeks: Industrial Organic monthly burn will likely hit ~$150K by next year
“So obviously by the end of next year, our operating costs will probably be more in like the 150,000 range”
Weeks: Refuses to sacrifice profits for ethics or ethics for profits
“I don't intend to Run an ethical business at the expense of profits, but I don't intend to make a profit at the expense of ethics either.”
Weeks: Industrial Organic has signed Dig Inn as a customer
“One of the customers that we have signed up is a company called Dig In.”
Weeks: Industrial Organic has lined up Momofuku as a customer
“We've also lined up Momofuku. They're another restaurant group in New York.”
Weeks: Industrial Organic Will Use Cargo Vans Instead of Garbage Trucks
“So we're not going to use garbage trucks. We're going to get cargo vans because we're doing bin swaps. So we're just going to take the whole bin. So that cuts down significantly on the cost of vehicles, the cost of gas, the cost of getting around.”
Weeks: Industrial Organic has raised $4.2 million in venture funding
“And we've raised 4.2 million in venture funding and we're still around and we're still growing”
Weeks: Food is the single largest component of landfills at 21%
“Food is the single largest component of landfills. It's about 21%.”
Weeks: Industrial Organic signed Dig Inn as a customer
“One of the customers that we have signed up is a company called Dig In. They're a pretty popular chain in New York.”
Weeks: Industrial Organic has lined up Momofuku as a customer
“We've also lined up Momofuku. They're another restaurant group in New York.”
Weeks: Food is the single largest component of landfills at about 21%
“Food is the single largest component of landfills. It's about 21%.”
The other half of the tape: Amanda Weeks's own voice is left out of every number here. 6 statements on the record name them. every mention, with the transcript →
Statements about Amanda Weeks, by other people (6)
Nadel: Founders investing VC money must pay the minimum possible wage
“When you're investing your own money, do the right thing. When you're investing my money, pay the minimum you can pay.”
Chapman: Industrial Organic is strictly idea-stage without logistics operations
“I think, honestly, your, the stage of your company is really idea stage. It's not just pre-revenue, but it's really idea stage, because you haven't built out any of the logistics part of the business yet. It's a whole, whole realm you haven't even touched on, …”
Chapman: Industrial Organic is still idea-stage due to unbuilt logistics
“I think, honestly, your, the stage of your company is really idea stage. It's not just pre-revenue, but it's really idea stage, because you haven't built out any of the logistics part of the business yet. It's a whole, whole realm you haven't even touched on, …”
Mohnot: Managing operational driver logistics is always harder than founders expect
“I just think the operational stuff, it's always more complex than you think, and I'm saying that because I, I've been through it personally, and people that are gonna work for you for 20 bucks an hour, driving or whatever, like, there's gonna be days where the…”
Manus: Arriving late when pitching investors is perceived as disrespectful
“When something's really important to me, and I'm asking for money from people, I make sure I'm 10 minutes early. And if I have to make sure I'm half an hour early and sit and wait, I do, because it's, it creates a little, like, it's disrespectful.”
Manus: Pitching founders must arrive early because tardiness signals disrespect
“When something's really important to me, and I'm asking for money from people, I make sure I'm 10 minutes early. And if I have to make sure I'm half an hour early and sit and wait, I do, because it's, it creates a little, like, it's disrespectful.”
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 THE PITCHLEDGER | VP of Ambrosia, Recycle Track Systems | 2 | 29 | 83% 5/6 | full record on the Pitch → |