Pivots are an integral part of the entrepreneurial process. Whether you’re pivoting in the early days because you haven’t yet found product-market fit or switching industries entirely, if you want to become and stay successful, you have to pivot.

In this Entrepreneurs Ugly Talk, we invited founders and leaders who have made sharp turns in their entrepreneurial journeys and came out stronger and even more resilient than ever.

Event Details

Date/Time: December 15, 2022 / 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Location: The Yard: Flatiron North: 246 5th Ave, New York, NY 10001

Panel Lineup

Chris Tiffin | Founder & CEO at Aisle (gotoaisle.com) 

Chris Tiffin started his career at Super Coffee, scaling this DTC brand from $700,000 to $5.2M in a year. After leaving Super Coffee, Chris launched Aisle, a platform that allows brands to turn any marketing channel into a verified in-store purchase.

Ali Kaminetsky | Founder & CEO of Modern Picnic (modernpicnic.com)

Ali Kaminetsky launched Modern Picnic in 2018 with the mission to provide women with a chic, functional alternative to the traditional, outdated lunchbox. Since then, she has been giving the traditional lunch box a big makeover.

Matthew Jaffe | CEO of Gloves.com

Matt is an e-commerce entrepreneur and attorney who has created and grown direct to consumer brands and consulted for others. He is currently the CEO of Gloves.com, a direct to consumer brand for disposable gloves, and the co-founder of AMZ Growth Experts. an Amazon marketplace consulting company for D2C brands.

Host/ Moderator:

Anson Wu | GREY Journal

Special Thanks

The Yard is a company built to inspire and cultivate success. Featuring private offices and coworking in New York, Philadelphia, and D.C., the company has been instrumental in establishing growing businesses and motivating large companies across the U.S.