UGLY TALK: BOSTON TECH FOUNDER OPEN MIC + MIXER #BOSTechWeek

Tuesday, May 26

6:00pm

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You've never been to a mixer like this one. Forget the highlight reel. Forget the rehearsed pitch and the superhero LinkedIn post. For one night, we're trading all of that for the good, the bad, and the ugly. Boston founders get on stage and share the pivoting moment — the night the deal fell through, the morning they realized the product was wrong, the quiet decision to start over. 7 minutes each. Vulnerable. A little embarrassing. Funnier than you'd expect. Every story is a lesson somebody paid full price for. You sit back. You laugh. Maybe wince. Then catch yourself nodding. By the time the mixer kicks in, the networking dance is dead. You're just catching up with people you actually want to know. 🎯 Why You Should Attend Hear the version founders don't save for the panel circuit. Get the lesson without paying full tuition. Feel the room loosen up — once one person tells the truth, everybody stops auditioning. 🙋 Who's Getting In This Room Founders actively building. Not circling the idea. People at a pivoting moment, ready to make a real move. Boston founders plus visiting builders in town for Tech Week. 📋 Run of Show 30 min · Check-in — Arrive, grab a drink 45 min · Open Mic — 7-min founder stories, short Q&A between 15 min · Transition — Let the room reset 30 min · Mixer — The real conversations start Host: Deveney Williams - Founder & CEO of Sunny Side Up Deveney Williams is the founder and CEO of Sunny Side Up, an embedded creative agency for growth-stage B2B SaaS founders. With 10+ years across brand strategy, creative operations, and visual storytelling for brands like Adobe, NPR, and Liberty Mutual, she now partners with founders to turn traction into a brand the market actually remembers. Curiosity is her operating principle, and clarity is the deliverable. Based in Boston, she splits her time between client work, building SSU's team, and finding the city's best cortado. 🤝 Who's Backing This Sunny Side Up - We're the embedded creative team for B2B SaaS founders who'd rather build than babysit creative work. Venture Lane — a curated startup hub for early-stage B2B tech founders, built around human connection and focused programming across capital, customers, talent, and product. Startup Boston — the front door to the Greater Boston startup ecosystem, helping founders find opportunities, build connections, and navigate the resources already in the community. AIGA advances design as a professional craft, strategic advantage, and vital cultural force. Cursor Boston - is the official fan club of Cursor in Boston. We host events and a whole lot more. Our website cursorboston.com is opensource. The best way to start engaging is to make a pull request! The rest will take care of itself. Creative Mornings is a free monthly breakfast lecture series designed for creative communities. Everyone is creative. Everyone is welcome. 🎤 Want to share your ugly moment? The pivot, the miss, the call you wish you could un-make. 7 minutes on stage. No decks, no performance. Email Talk@UglyTalk.com · Subject: Boston Open Mic · One-line preview + your LinkedIn. This event is a part of #BosTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com

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