Failure is not something to be ashamed of. Failure is an inevitable and sometimes important part of becoming a successful entrepreneur. Without it, how would we learn?
Join us on Friday, Oct. 2 as a part of Technical.ly Baltimore’s Business Conference for #Failfest. This is definitely a can’t-miss event during Baltimore Innovation Week.
Register ($10)
In this off-the-cuff, unfiltered and unapologetic event, we’ll hear from a variety of speakers about their past failures and what they’ve learned along the way. Sometimes it takes a lot of failed attempts before you get to that one-in-a-million idea that will launch you to success.
Come together, grab a snack and laugh, commiserate and learn with fellow entrepreneurs and find out how their failures made them who they are today.
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Emceed by Deb Tillett, president of the Emerging Technology Centers:
- Failing at Life — with Patrick Rife, Cofounder, Pixilated Photo Booth
- Self-Reinvention After Failing to Become a Navy SEAL — with Mike Subelsky, CTO and Cofounder of STAQ
- Faking It — with Lida Zlatic, Cofounder, ClassTracks
- Hiring mistakes I’ve made, so you don’t have to — with Smitha Gopal, CEO of Eyemaginations
- Paralysis by Analysis: The Consequences of Inaction — with Greg Cangialosi, CEO, MissionTix
- If at first you don’t succeed, fly fly again — with Belinda and Terry Kilby of Elevated Element
- Strategic planning struggles … office space meets growth — with James C. Foster, Cofounder and CEO, ZeroFOX
- Never failed? You’re not trying hard enough — with Jeff Jacobson, Cofounder and CMO, Kinglet
Students can attend free with the code “BIW15BizStudent” (student tickets are limited, so act now).
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