Four Ugly Talk alumni. Each with a you-cannot-make-this-up story that changed the way they build. The miss. The mess. The call that looked right until it absolutely was not. These are the stories that come out after the third drink. The ones with enough detail to be true and enough embarrassment to be useful.
You sit back. You laugh. Maybe even wince. Then you catch yourself nodding, and you don’t even know when you started.
Somewhere in between, the strangers stopped being strangers. By the time the mixer starts, your go-to networking dance doesn’t work here anymore. You’re just catching up with old friends.
🎯 Why You Should Attend
- Hear the version founders do not post, polish, or save for the panel circuit.
- Get the lesson without paying full tuition for the mistake.
- Feel the room loosen up in real time. Once one person tells the truth, everybody else can stop auditioning.
- Stay for a mixer that actually works, because the small talk is already dead by then.
🙋 Who's Getting In This Room
- Founders who are actively building. Not circling the idea. Not talking about someday.
- People at an inflection point. Ready to make a move, make a decision, or change something real.
- Builders who believe collaboration still matters, and that the best shortcut is someone telling the truth.
- Founders who are open-handed with what they have learned and curious enough to learn from someone else.
Run of Show
- 30 minutes, Check-in
- Arrive, grab a drink, and settle into the room
- 45 minutes, Ugly Talk Solo
- Four alumni stories, 7 minutes each
- Short audience Q&A between stories
- 15 minutes, Transition
- Let the room reset before the mixer kicks in
- 60 minutes, Mixer
- The real conversations start once the stories land
🤝 Who's Backing This
The Builder Series
The Builder Series is a 36k member community curating founders, operators, builders & investors into intentional rooms transforming networking into curated, experience-driven environments built for lasting, high-value relationships.
The Shop
The Shop is a hospitality-first workspace built for people who care about where they work. Our Brooklyn location sits in Gowanus, one of the most creatively dense neighborhoods in New York, and draws a community of founders, operators, creatives, and independent professionals who value design, intention, and good company.
We’re excited welcome you to our space for an inspiring Ugly Talk event!
GREY Journal – Media partner spotlighting modern entrepreneurs (featured on Apple News + Google News).
⭐ About Ugly Talk:
Started in 2019, Ugly Talk has been transforming business setbacks into breakthrough “aha!” moments by hosting unfiltered, no-nonsense events where battle-tested entrepreneurs share their raw lessons and insights.
With a growing presence in cities like New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Miami, we’ve built a vibrant community of thousands of founders and industry leaders making a profound impact on the entrepreneurial landscape.
Official Website: UglyTalk.com
Ugly Talk: Brooklyn Tech Founders Open Mic & Mixer
Hosts
Wed, Jul 15, 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM (EDT)
To be shared on approval (New York)
100 attendees
Four Ugly Talk alumni. Each with a you-cannot-make-this-up story that changed the way they build. The miss. The mess. The call that looked right until it absolutely was not. These are the stories that come out after the third drink. The ones with enough detail to be true and enough embarrassment to be useful.
You sit back. You laugh. Maybe even wince. Then you catch yourself nodding, and you don’t even know when you started.
Somewhere in between, the strangers stopped being strangers. By the time the mixer starts, your go-to networking dance doesn’t work here anymore. You’re just catching up with old friends.
🎯 Why You Should Attend
🙋 Who's Getting In This Room
Run of Show
🤝 Who's Backing This
The Builder Series
The Builder Series is a 36k member community curating founders, operators, builders & investors into intentional rooms transforming networking into curated, experience-driven environments built for lasting, high-value relationships.
The Shop
The Shop is a hospitality-first workspace built for people who care about where they work. Our Brooklyn location sits in Gowanus, one of the most creatively dense neighborhoods in New York, and draws a community of founders, operators, creatives, and independent professionals who value design, intention, and good company.
We’re excited welcome you to our space for an inspiring Ugly Talk event!
GREY Journal – Media partner spotlighting modern entrepreneurs (featured on Apple News + Google News).
⭐ About Ugly Talk:
Started in 2019, Ugly Talk has been transforming business setbacks into breakthrough “aha!” moments by hosting unfiltered, no-nonsense events where battle-tested entrepreneurs share their raw lessons and insights.
With a growing presence in cities like New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Miami, we’ve built a vibrant community of thousands of founders and industry leaders making a profound impact on the entrepreneurial landscape.
Official Website: UglyTalk.com