Oct 27, 9:30 – 11:30 PM (UTC)
Bamboo Grand Rapids: Coworking & Events Center, 2 Fulton Street West, Grand Rapids, 49503
Your price tells a story. Is it the right one? Join Startup Grind Grand Rapids for a practical panel on pricing, communicating value, and knowing when to charge more. Leave with a pricing experiment you can put to work.
You’ve built something people want. But are you charging what it’s worth?
Maybe you set your price by checking competitors. Maybe you’re still charging what you charged when you started. Or maybe you’re busy, customers seem happy, and the profit still isn’t there.
Or are you feeling the pinch in energy costs, food costs, labor costs, and wondering when it's time to pass those along to customers?
Join Startup Grind Grand Rapids for an honest, practical conversation about one of the hardest decisions founders make: what to charge, and when to charge more.
We’ll explore how pricing shapes customer expectations, affects profitability, and influences the kind of business you’re building. Through panel discussion, real examples, and audience questions, we’ll work through the decisions behind the price tag.
PANELISTS
Harsha Belavady Prasanna, Strategy & Product Advisor - LinkedIn
Two Eagles Marcus, Owner, Glitter Booth - LinkedIn
WHAT WE’LL EXPLORE
• How to spot signs you may be undercharging—and what else could explain thin margins.
• How to understand the value customers see in your product or service.
• When to raise prices, change your packages, or rethink what you charge for.
• How to communicate a price increase to existing customers.
• When discounts help close the right deal... and when they work against you.
• How to test a pricing change and decide whether it worked.
BRING YOUR PRICING QUESTION
Whether you’re setting your first price, reworking a service package, or wondering how to grow without simply working more hours, bring a decision you’re wrestling with. You won’t need to share confidential business information to participate.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Startup founders, small-business owners, freelancers, consultants, and anyone responsible for pricing a product or service. You don’t need a venture-backed company or a finance background to join the conversation.
WHAT YOU’LL LEAVE WITH
A clearer way to think about your pricing, useful connections with other founders, and one concrete pricing experiment to take back to your business.
Hosted by Corey Hart, Chapter Director of Startup Grind Grand Rapids.
Come ready to ask questions, share what you’ve learned, and help another founder move forward.
Glitter Booth
Owner
Strategy & Product Advisor | CPG, Retail, EdTech, SaaS
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
9:30 PM – 11:30 PM (UTC)
Startup Grind Grand Rapids
Chapter Director
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