On February 28th and March 1st, I am hosting the next Mastermind in Dubai. This is a two-day, closed-door mastermind for serious e-commerce founders, followed by a private yacht experience. The room is highly curated with VIP Guests and 8-Figure eCommerce Entrepreneurs: - Tobias Pearce (CropShopBoutique, exited Sweat for $400M) - Marek Olszewski (PandaDrum) - Steven Tan (Capital Club) - Oliver Motisi (Bioniq) - Floris GDG (MothersEarth) - Pietro Candriella (QuietLab) ...along with 40+ other 7&8-Figure founders and operators across supplements, skincare, fashion, and DTC. But the room is only half the story: - Day 1 is a full deep dive. Tactical presentations, operator-level breakdowns, open Q&As with founders who have built and exited at scale. Direct access to everyone in the room, all day. - Day 2 is a private yacht experience. Six hours of real conversations in a setting that makes them happen naturally. This is where the relationships are built. This format is rare. A curated group, real depth, and actual proximity to the people in the room. This is a closed-door, application-only event for e-commerce founders and C-level executives running brands at a minimum of $5M+ per year. We are building a room of peers who value proximity and operator-level strategy. If this is you and you want to participate, send me a direct message on Instagram or LinkedIn with a brief background: - Who you are - The brand you run - Your current revenue level I am personally reviewing every application. Carl P.S.: Attached you will find an aftermovie from the last Mastermind

100 Brand Owners doing $10M+ per year gathered in Dubai for the Made Men Mastermind last month. This is already one of Carl's biggest highlights of 2025, and we're not even halfway through the year! Why? Because the QUALITY of attendees was absolutely INSANE – top-level entrepreneurs from around the world in one room. The event sold out A full month in advance. Within just two weeks of announcing it, every single ticket was gone. That's why we even had to turn some people away – we literally ran out of space, and our clients and partners obviously got priority access. Here's what made this event different: - No surface-level BS or pitchfests - Deep, tactical conversations that ONLY work when everyone's at this level - Super relaxed but incredibly valuable atmosphere - Michelin Star lunch experience - Exclusive evening at Sushi Samba with panoramic views over Dubai The feedback? Mind blowing. Many attendees told Carl that it was the most valuable event they've ever attended. In this vlog Carl share some insights and behind the scenes content:

Ads are not the same as they used to be a couple of years ago. A lot of eCom founders who feel like prices and transparency get worse every year. That’s why Carl talked with Sebastian Szalinski (who is THE guy when it comes to eCom scaling with ads in Germany) about the 3 biggest levers for 2025. Most of the advice people give when it comes to questions of leverage is quite generic. Like „deeply understand your audience“ or „focus on LTV“. That always sounds easy and obvious in theory, but it lacks real life context. That’s why Carl and Sebastian share 3 major case studies, who have successfully implemented the levers they talk about in this video:

We want to understand the biggest bottlenecks that keep you from scaling. Based on this we will create designated modules & video coaching so we can solve them together. This will literally be worth thousands of dollars, and we're going to give it to you for free. We're going to solve every single bottleneck in your business. You just have to execute.

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