"If you're doing the right thing, people definitely copy you, and you need to face that."
@shengkunye, CEO and co-founder of @MonidHQ, on the small competitors he was told wouldn't matter.
Last month at Ugly Talk: What Agents Can’t Buy (yet), in San Francisco.
Trashing a rival brand to win a buyer is "a first-time entrepreneur thing."
Seth Goldstein, co-founder of @Masa_Chips: "Explain why you're really bringing value to customers."
Last month at Ugly Talk: The Black Friday and Cyber Monday Pre-Game With Shopify, in New York.
Alda Karen, founder of @drinkskinergy, hired a comedian for $20 to go live and read her FAQs.
Viewers threw questions nobody planned for. The comedian turned them into pitches.
"It actually sold a bunch."
Before paying for a polished launch, try the $20 version.
If an AI agent knows your habits, it can reorder before you run out.
That changes what next-day shipping is worth.
@MordiShadpour, CEO and co-founder of @MyUnoWallet, on what's next for AI and e-commerce.
Some founder conversations only happen when nobody's pitching.
Seed to Series B Founder & Investor Open Mic & Mixer, Wed Oct 28, 6:30 PM at Hanover House in Downtown Brooklyn. Hosted with The Builder Series.
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Today, 2 PM ET, online: Startup Lawyer AMA with Yvonne Elosiebo-Oguntola, Partner at Pierson Ferdinand.
Contracts, equity, fundraising, company setup. Bring the question you've been googling at midnight.
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Different markets. Different customers. Same hard calls nobody puts in the deck.
Thanks to Christopher Saravia (Carebox), Laura Daniela Muñoz (HipoCredit) and Ignacio Rosales (BuenTrip Ventures) for getting honest about building between Latin America and the U.S.
Tomorrow in Mexico City for Mexico Tech Week: Building in Mexico and the Reality Behind the Pitch.
Sofia De la Mora Tostado (Intelital), David Saavedra Ponce (DS Intelligence) and Tamara Chayo (Rose Labs), hosted by Christopher Martinez. 1 to 4 PM CST.
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One six-figure deal is a win. Doing it again takes a sales process.
Thanks to everyone who showed up to Your First Six Figure Deal in NYC with Ryan Gallagher (Clarion), Mitchell Bregman (Galaxy), Sanat Mohapatra (Vasquez) and Sang Lee (Vibranium Labs). Hosted by TJ Allison.
The pitch you sell outside isn't the one you live inside.
Mexico City, Mon Oct 26: Sofia De la Mora Tostado (Intelital), David Saavedra Ponce (DS Intelligence) and Tamara Chayo Romo (Rose Labs), hosted by Christopher Martinez of Ziora Copilot.
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ALT Ugly Talk Independent and Ziora Copilot banner for Building in Mexico and the Reality Behind the Pitch, subtitle El pitch que vendes afuera no es el que vives adentro, with headshots of panel speakers Tamara Chayo Romo of Rose Labs, Sofia De la Mora Tostado of Intelital, David Saavedra Ponce of DS Intelligence, and moderator Christopher Martinez of Ziora Copilot.
You built the business with the skills you had. Then it started asking for sales, money, hiring and ops.
Boston, Wed Oct 28: Sarah Larson (People Magnets) and Jeremy Chow (Tactus), hosted by Phil Slabine of Not Dorks.
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Wrong hires. Missed shots. 3 AM post-mortems.
Failure Is Key to Success, Mon Nov 2 at UBS NYC: Ben McKean (Hungryroot), Stephen McKinney (Bizbe), Gwen von Rahn (Sweetling Health) and Dmitry Koltunov (Arbor). Hosted by Victoria Yampolsky.
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ALT Ugly Talk Signature, The Startup Station and UBS banner for Failure Is Key to Success with headshots of keynote speaker Ben McKean of Hungryroot, panel speakers Stephen McKinney of Bizbe, Gwendolyn von Rahn of Sweetling Health and Dmitry Koltunov of Arbor, and moderator Victoria Yampolsky of The Startup Station.
Tonight in NYC: Your First Six Figure Deal.
Ryan Gallagher (Clarion), Mitchell Bregman (Galaxy), Sanat Mohapatra (Vasquez) and Sang Lee (Vibranium Labs) on closing big and doing it again. Hosted by TJ Allison.
6:30 PM, The Yard. Free RSVP: uglytalk.com/events/ugly-tal…
A customer buys once. A fan brings people with them.
Building Fandoms in 2027, Tue Oct 27, Times Square: Kiki C. (Sourmilk), Chau Mui (ciaooo! Media) and Jesse M. (BIDLYY), hosted by Rob Fajardo.
What keeps people around when the algorithm moves on.
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Two exits don't mean nothing went wrong.
Gwen von Rahn, second-time exited founder and CEO of Sweetling Health, joins Ugly Talk: Failure Is Key to Success. Nov 2, UBS NYC.
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Founders sign contracts, split equity and raise money long before they can afford a lawyer.
Mon Oct 26, 2 PM ET, online: Startup Lawyer AMA with Yvonne Elosiebo-Oguntola, Partner at Pierson Ferdinand. Bring the questions you've been sitting on.
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