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Ugly Talk - From $0 To $10k/Month In Ecommerce
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| With founders Marcus Milione (Minted), Charlotte Cruze (Alice Mushrooms), Gabi Lewis (Magic Spoon), Brandon Blum (New Edition). |
| Shopify, 131 Greene St |
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May 27 (Tue) , 2025 @ 06:00 PM
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"From $0 to $10K/Month" Founder Panel will be a 30-minute panel discussion followed by a 15 minute audience Q&A. After the panel, we will break into a casual, conversational networking reception.
Event Information:
Date: Tuesday, May 27th, 2025
Time: 6:00-8:30pm
Doors: 6:00p - 6:45p
Founder Panel: 6:45p - 7:30p
Networking : 7:30p - 8:30p
Location: 131 Greene St, New York, NY 10012
What's the Big Deal
Forget growth hacks - let's talk about what actually works in the early days.
This raw, real conversation dives into the unscalable moves founders made to earn their first $1K per month. No theory. No funnels. Just the gritty steps that laid the foundation for serious growth.
What You'll Learn
The Early Hustle: How real founders pushed past $0 & what they wish they'd done differently.
Customer Chemistry: What it really takes to win your first few loyal customers - & keep them.
Manual Moves: Packing tape. DMs. 3AM emails. The unsexy stuff that built empires.
Panelists:
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Marcus Milione | Co-Founder @ Minted New York
Marcus Milione lives & works in New York City, where he runs two ventures: Minted New York, which makes menswear, performance apparel & jewelry, & Minted Health, a line of endurance-focused nutrition products.
The goal is simple: keep learning, iterate honestly & ship work that is useful.
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Charlotte Cruze | Co-Founder @ Alice Mushrooms
Charlotte Cruze is the Co-Founder & COO of Alice Mushrooms, where she has helped build a brand backed by leading investment firms such as L Catterton & cultural icons including Pedro Pascal, Zac Efron, & Kevin Hart.
She was recently recognized as one of's Founders to Watch, & Fast Company named Alice one of the Top 50 Most Innovative Companies in Health & Wellness.
She has lived in New York City since 2016 after graduating from the University of Virginia.
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Gabi Lewis | Co-Founder @ Magic Spoon
Gabi Lewis is the Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Magic Spoon, a company reimagining your favorite childhood breakfast foods with more protein & less sugar. Magic Spoon launched in April 2019 as a direct-to-consumer brand, & is now found in 22,000+ retailer doors nationwide including Target, Whole Foods, Walmart, & Costco. Forbes named Magic Spoon "the future of cereal", & the company has raised $100mm+ from investors including HighPost Capital, Collaborative Fund, Siddhi Capital, & celebrities including Questlove, Amy Schumer, Odell Beckham Jr, Shakira, & Nick Jonas.
Alongside Magic Spoon, Gabi serves on the Board of Directors for Momofuku Goods & Four Sigmatic, & is an angel investor in 20+ consumer brands. Originally from Scotland, Gabi studied Economics & Philosophy at Brown University, before moving to New York City to found Exo & then Magic Spoon.
Moderator:
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Brandon Blum | Managing Partner @ New Edition
Brandon is the Managing Partner of New Edition, a fractional Head of Content shop for eCommerce brands, thought-leaders & service providers looking to launch, maintain, grow & monetize their content marketing efforts.
Brandon has spent over a decade in Digital Marketing, working at companies such as Atlantic Media, Meredith Corporation & Axios before starting his own ventures.
Brandon possesses a blend of experiences spanning entrepreneurship, eCommerce, branding, digital marketing, digital media, content & storytelling.
EVENT HOSTS
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New Edition
We take owned media content for eCommerce brands, thought leaders, & service providers to the next level.
We function as a fractional addition to your in-house team. We own the creation & distribution efforts behind long-form & short-form video content, graphic design, & overall campaign strategy.
Need an extra hand creating streams of valuable, relevant, & consistent content? Let's Chat!
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Shopify NY
Located in Manhattan's vibrant Soho neighborhood-a hub for local entrepreneurs to connect, learn, & grow.
Our space hosts a range of on-site event programming, retail activations, & value-added services. By partnering with real, local merchants, we create events that generate word-of-mouth buzz & seamlessly integrate Shopify technology.
Partnering Brands
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Sendlane is an email, SMS, & forms platform that delivers best-in-class deliverability & automation tools at a fair, transparent price.
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Northbeam is a marketing intelligence platform that leverages first-party data & machine learning to help e-commerce & direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands optimize their advertising strategies & drive profitable growth.
Supported By:
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GREY Journal - Media partner spotlighting modern entrepreneurs (Apple News + Google News)
Event Vibes
Get a taste of past Ugly Talk energy:
Official Website
2024 Video Recap
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 & insights.
With a growing presence in cities like New York, Chicago, San Francisco, & Miami, we've built a vibrant community of thousands of founders & industry leaders making a profound impact on the entrepreneurial landscape.
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