Failure Is Your Greatest Shortcut.
Live founder conversations where the speakers tell you what went wrong, and what they'd do differently.
Brand Partners
It's time to speak the quiet part out loud. The good. The bad. The ugly.
Ugly Talk: CPG Founders, What Worked, What Didn't & the 2027 Outlook
New York
Wells Fargo HQ (across the street from Whole Foods Market)
Ugly Talk: Startup Lawyer Ask Me Anything
Online
Ugly Talk: Founders Open Mic Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale
Crown Center
Raw energy from Ugly Talk events across the country.
Real feedback from real attendees.
What you leave with after one night in the room.
The Ugly Part
Hear from established founders and operators who have made the hard calls. The wins matter. So do the misses, pivots, and decisions behind them. You get the real story, not the cleaned-up version.
Pressure-Tested
You leave with better judgment, sharper questions, and lessons that hold up when things get messy. Takeaways you can use on Monday morning.
A Room Full of Doers
Founders, operators, investors, and builders with real reps. The kind of people you keep talking to after the event. Some are in it right now. Some have the scars to show what it took.
No-Ego Room
The room stays grounded. Different backgrounds, different stages, same understanding. Everyone is building. Everyone has made mistakes. That is what makes the connection real.
The cities we call home, with more on the way.
Turning every setback into a comeback
Founder & CEO
ENPAK
Managing Director
Founder Institute New York
Founder & Dir. Strategic Partnerships & Experiential
The Glowe Group
Co-Founder & CEO
Mixed Asian Media
COO
Dale Carnegie Chicago
Founder
Soulmate Customs
CEO
FullCircle
Co-Founder
The Art Agency
Senior UX Designer
OneTrust
Co-Founder
Blerify
CEO/Founder
Active with Amie
Founder & CEO
Finding Ferdinand
Co-Founder and Co-CEO
Byte'm Brownie Bites
Co-Founder & CEO
Syval
Co-Founder & CEO
Make the Dot
Head of Investor Relations
White Manna Capital Partners
Co-Founder
Aplo Group
President
Lyssé
Co-founder & CEO
Anise Health
Founder
Diarkis
Founder
Intelligent Artifacts
Co-Founder
Grey Journal
Founder
Date Smarter
Founder
MAIR
Founder
Minted New York
Founder and CPO
Pathrise
Co-Founder
Pangea.app
Founder
Live Healthillie
Co-Founder and CEO
TestParty
Founder & CEO
Terra Kaffe
CEO
AIO
Co-Founder & CEO
Lalo
Partner
Las Olas Venture Capital
Sr. Director of eCommerce
Bubble Skincare
Editor-in-Chief
A.R.T.S.Y Magazine
Founder & CEO
Localposh
CEO
The Nourish Spot
Founder & CEO
Motivo Scar Care
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Platter
Co-Founder & CEO
Plastic Labs
Founder & CEO
Loopini
CMO
Artware Editions
Founder
Making in America
Co-founder
Sourmilk
Founder & CEO
Cheeky Cocktails
General Partner
Axci Capital
Founder
Curious Elixirs
CEO and co-founder
Queenly
Co-Founder & COO
Alice Mushrooms
Head of Marketing
TikTok Shop US
CEO
Charlee.ai Inc
Founder and CEO
Sisu Powerhouse
CEO & Founder
Ergeon Inc.
Founder & CEO
Aimerce
Founder
The Builder Series, Director of Marketing & Ops
Community Lead
Chief of Staff Network
Founder & CEO
Haven Headache & Migraine Center
Founder & CEO
Rescuing Leftover Cuisine Inc
Founder & CEO
GetUp Nutrition Inc.
Co-Founder
Magic Spoon
Co-founder and CTO
HoneyHive
Founder & CEO
Kyle Made That
Co-Founder
Girls Into VC at Berkeley
Founder & CEO
Clockout
Executive Director
Founder Forward
Founder & Investor
Tekky Biz & Chiara VR
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Trustap
Founder
Standard Issue
founder and CEO
YouFromMe
Investor
Angeles Ventures
Co-Founder & CEO
Vocable.ai
Co-Founder & CEO
Loyee.ai
Co-Founder & CEO
BeaconDx
Managing Partner
VisualFizz
CEO
Linkme
Co-Founder & CEO
Gumption
CEO
Tightknit
Founder
Doe Lashes
Co-Founder & CEO
Reading Rhythms
Founder
Puzzle Exchange
CEO
AcquiLingua
CEO
Zanade Enterprises LLC
Founder & CEO
DPhiant
Founder & CEO
Logo Media
Co-Founder
Sybill
Founder
Power In Packaging
Co-Founder & COO
Rezora IO
Principal
Acronym Venture Capital
Founder & CEO
Intros AI
CEO & Co-Founder
Cheque
Director of AI Engineering
Aprio LLC
AI Engineer
Flagship Pioneering
Artist, Photographer, Fashion Creative
Grace Federighi Art
Principle
Zen Coast Capital
CEO
American AI Leadership Institute
Director
gener8tor
Co-Founder & CEO
Imera
founder
The Bushman Group
Founder
Windmill Growth
Founder & CEO
Fuelfinance
Managing Director
Roswell NYC
Founder & CEO
Smearcase
Founder
Mindfulware
Founder & Partner
Venture Week Miami
Founder
PropelAuth
Founder & CEO
CharCharms
Co-founder & CEO
Runbear
CEO & Founder
New Edition and For Others
CEO
B'ZT, LLC.
Founder
ULTRA.VC
CEO & COO
Tenzo / Breath Death
Founder & CEO
DubPrime
President
New World Angels
co-founder
AMZ Growth Experts
Co-Founder & CEO
4AM SKIN
founder
Hochberg Sports Marketing (HSM)
Founder
MultiOn
Founder
Aevisor Solutions
Founder & Managing Director
RubyRose Strategies
Founder
Re-Nuble
Turning Every Setback
Into a Comeback
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