335. What's Working To Sell Out Events in 2026? | Roundtable

Cubicle to CEO

Ellen Yin

Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

5.0 • 580 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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This is a free preview of a paid episode (70 min), exclusively available on our subscriber-only premium feed. Become a premium subscriber to tune into the full episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://cubicletoceo.co/podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Questions about our premium podcast subscription? Send us a DM ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@cubicletoceo ⁠ Selling tickets to an in-person event has never been more competitive or nuanced. Wrapping up our series on leveraging events as a business growth engine, this roundtable pulls three women with very different event models into the same conversation: Dielle Charon, host of Millionaires of Color; Taylor Smith, host of The Power Table™; and Alisha Kumar, host of The Founder's Table. With varied event types ranging from multi-city mastermind dinner series to high-ticket conferences, they get into the real mechanics of what’s actually working in 2026 to sell out events. Visit our events directory: ⁠https://www.cubicletoceo.co/2026-events⁠ Connect with Dielle: ⁠ ⁠https://forthe23percent.com ⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@diellecharon⁠ For the 23 Percent Podcast: ⁠https://forthe23percent.com/podcast/⁠ IG: ⁠@forthe23percent⁠ Connect with Alisha: ⁠https://atthefounderstable.com/ ⁠ IG: ⁠@alishakumar ⁠ IG: ⁠@atthefounderstable ⁠ IG: @⁠goodtimemediaco ⁠ Connect with Taylor: IG: ⁠@taylorsmithonline⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylorsmithonline/ ⁠ IG: ⁠@thepowertable.co⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-power-table/ ⁠ If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@cubicletoceo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ so we can repost you. ⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠our premium feed⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for case-study style interviews every Monday.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following is a free preview of a paid episode on Cubicle to CEO's premium podcast feed.
0:07.6	Welcome to Cubicle to CEO, the podcast where we ask successful founders and CEOs, the business
0:13.6	questions you can't Google. I'm your host, Ellen Yin. Every Monday, go behind the business in a
0:19.6	case study style interview with a leading
0:21.6	entrepreneur who shares one specific growth strategy they've tested in their own business,
0:27.0	exactly how they implemented it, and what the results and revenue were. You'll also hear
0:32.7	financially transparent insights from my own journey, bootstrapping our media company from a $300
0:38.2	freelance project into millions in revenue.
0:49.3	Hey everyone, welcome back to the show. I am so excited to record today's event roundtable. I was telling
0:57.0	the girls before I hit record, I chose each of them for a very specific reason. All of them are very
1:02.3	experienced event hosts, but have different styles of events, different size of events. So I think
1:08.1	their perspectives are going to be super interesting and really help you out
1:12.5	if you are planning to host an event in 2026 or beyond. This discussion today is going to be really
1:18.6	centered on how you can sell out events in 26 and what's actually working for real event hosts.
1:25.9	So boots on the ground, what is actually working to sell those
1:29.0	tickets this year. And I could not be more excited to introduce to you D.L. Sharon, Taylor Smith,
1:35.6	and Alicia Kumar. I'll read a quick intro to each of the ladies. And then I'll let you guys
1:41.3	obviously say hi and introduce yourselves. But D.L. Sharon,
1:45.5	you've heard multiple times on the podcast before, is a certified life coach and seven-figure sales
1:50.9	expert for women of color coaches. She is the host of the for the 23% podcast. And runs two
1:58.1	well-known sales programs. Everything sales and money and everything's scaling.
2:02.4	You also will know her for her signature event, Millionaires of Color.
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