UGLY TALK: BROOKLYN TECH FOUNDERS OPEN MIC & MIXER
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.
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In the room
Inside the room.
The pitch
Why you should be in this room.
- 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.
Audience
Who's getting in.
- 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.
Topics
What's on the table.
Ā 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
Partners
Who's backing this.
The Builder Series
āThe Builder SeriesĀ 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
GREY Journal
GREY JournalĀ ā Media partner spotlighting modern entrepreneurs (Apple News + Google News)
Venue