6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EST
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Ugly Talk X Luminary: The Founder Trap and the Illusion of Progress
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6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EST
About Event
This Ugly Talk explores one of the most common and least discussed challenges in entrepreneurship: the founder trap. When founders spend all their time working in the business instead of on the business, activity can start to feel like progress, even when it's not.
Being busy becomes a comfort zone, and real leverage gets postponed.
What We'll Talk About
The difference between being busy and building leverage
When founders become the biggest constraint to growth
Why delegation feels risky but doing everything is riskier
The mindset shift from operator to leader
What "working on the business" actually looks like in practice
Featured speakers.
Named Entrepreneur Magazine's Top 100 Women of Impact, Zanade Mann is a marketing strategist with over 17 years across education, economic development, and stakeholder engagement, featured on NBC, Fox, Cheddar TV, and Black Enterprise.
Named one of Essence Magazine's 50 Founders to Watch, Gia Lowe founded The Glowe Group and co-founded CGC and CURLFEST. A Meta alum, she has executed partnerships with Unilever, Target, Netflix, and Disney.
Robyn Schlicher, PhD has over two decades of experience in precision medicine, diagnostics, and biotech commercialization.
Who's hosting it.
Questions? Talk@UglyTalk.com
Location
Luminary
1204 Broadway
New York