New York City  ·  October 16, 2026

Back to
the Basics

An experience with the founders and executives building brands around ancestral principles: real food, real products, real connection. Minus the noise.

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Marlee Reiter, host of Back to Basics

Hosted by

Marlee Reiter

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Ancient Crunch

01 / The experience

A curated experience, not a conference.

Illustrative panel discussion in a New York loft
Experience concept
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Panel Discussions
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Experience concept: guests shopping individual brand tables
Experience concept
02
Sampling & Activations
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Othership’s warm wood and brick sauna
Othership
Friends playing beach volleyball on the sand
Beach volleyball
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Community Gathering
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02 / The vision

Wellness has gotten loud, optimized, and performative.We're going back
to the basics.

A wave of brands are returning to ancestral principles.

Minimally processed products, real social connection, purpose, and simplicity, but in a modern, culturally relevant way.

This event is about discovery and connecting the people part of this movement.

Ancestral
Principles that worked long before the supplement aisle did.
Honest
Minimally processed food & products with nothing to hide.
Human
Connection, purpose, movement.
Clear
Cutting through noise and unnecessary optimization.

In the Audience

Everyday consumers  ·  MBA & Undergraduate Students  ·  Investors  ·  Industry operators  ·  Early-stage founders

Get in Touch

Questions? Reach out directly.

reiter.marlee@gmail.com