Location: Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad St.
Time: 5:30 - 7:30pm
Please note this event is 19+
#fuckupnightsvictoria #sharethefailure
Everyone's favourite night. Nothing like watching accomplished, confident people share their still-raw, professional disasters with a crowd of 200+ colleagues who have been drinking beer.
Better than crying. Cheaper than therapy.
F*ckUp Nights is a global movement where stories of failed businesses and projects are told, questioned and celebrated. It started in 2012 in Mexico City and we've brought it to Victoria.
3 "f*ckuppers" will have 6 minutes each to tell their story and up to 10 minutes for Q&A. What was the project? What went wrong? What did they learn? What would they do differently?
F*ckUppers (Speakers):
- Mike Wilson
Mike Wilson has helped launch more than 100 titles and 5 different publishing labels in the $130B video game industry, and has been a well-regarded public figure in that world for most of his 22 years as an executive in that space. He'll tell us how one night, 4 interns in rooster costumes, 20 free drinks, and one Kanye moment on national television nearly undid all of that
- Chris Turchansky
Chris remembers being told by his mother at an early age “if you are going to commit to something, you need to commit to it 100%” Learn how ignoring this advice and only getting HALF naked set them back years, cost substantial money and most importantly, took away the advantage of moving first.
- Andrew McLeod
Andrew was 18, didn't know how to code and had never set up an e-commerce platform. But that didn't stop him from trying to beat eBay from his dorm room in 2005. By 2006 his startup was said to be the largest regional classified site of its kind in Eastern Canada. Or was it? Andrew's story reminds us all that sometimes the only thing tougher than failing is succeeding - and having no idea what to do next.
SCHEDULE:
- 5:30pm Doors Open
- Lights snacks provided. Bar available for purchase.5pm F*ckUp stories
- 6:15pm F*ckUp Stories
- 7:00pm Event end