a totally bad ass idea, a straw desio save the planet and set to make millions.hen and co-founder miles epper even pitched the idea on shark tank. not in my wildest dreams could i have ever have thought anything like that. >> while attorneys work to secure patents and trademarks for the invention, the team launched their idea on crowd funding site kirestarter. >> w just hoping and praying to sell enough straws that wealn't havehe to make ourselves. >> the little straw went viral. >> we raised over $200,000. and it didn'take longefore backers shelled out 2 million in funding, but as the cash rolled in backers weren't the only ones taking notice. where did it go? >> it went here to factories in china w we ready to rip off her big idea. >> it took us about nine months to create the tooling and get the product ready to manufacture. they were able to do it inf a matter o weeks. >> she had no clue anything was brewing overseas until she spotted it for sale online on retail sites and phony websites and they ripped off images of her d burrita. >> these straws sold like c