Stories of failed businesses and projects are told, questioned and celebrated.
We invite you for the FuckUp Stories of:
Michèle Pasture, seasoned project manager and avant-guarde internet trend spotter. Michèle can easily name 4 inspiring fuckup stories - and without any shame, she is proud of having had the guts to try new things. For her FuckUp Talk she will focus on the story of her startup Deli4Office, which she launched 10 years too soon.
Larry Moffett, member of Rise for Climate Belgium: Citizen Mobilization to save Humanity. Rise for Climate is a grassroots nonpartisan movement, mobilizing citizens and pressuring the Belgian government and European institutions to take urgent, effective measures to fight climate change. After it organized one of the largest climate marches in Belgium last January, Larry will share the movement’s bumps in the road as it struggles to sustain a critical mass of supporters and its identity among climate movements.
Kira Van den Ende, freelance designer for social innovation, writer of Durf falen and once co-founder of Antiheroes. Antiheroes was Europe's first failure consulting business and it -very important- brought fuckup Nights to Brussels. Kira will share the story of why Antiheroes never made money.
Kostas Xirogiannis, network infrastructure specialist. Kostas launched together with a partner Tsipbus, a low cost coach service connecting Greek cities. They developed everything - from the ticketing platform to hiring and training drivers - until few weeks before launching they unexpectedly received a letter in their mailbox from the Greek government (suspense maintained)
They will tell you: what their project was, what went wrong, how it affected their personal life, what they learned and what they would do differently. At the end of each story you ge to ask every questions you've always wanted to ask.
All accompanied by beer and good friends.
