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Title:

FAIL As If Your Life Depends On It

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Level:

Beginner

Type:

Panel

Category:

Business / Entrepreneurial

Organizer:

Joshua Strebel, bestpartyever.com

Description:

It does. Last year we bankrupted your company on the whim of a Unicorn, this year we show you why failing in your startup/life/project is the first step in truly succeeding. FAIL early- FAIL often. Your success is measured as the sum of recoveries from near disaster.

Failure stories are often requested, but rarely shared. Prototyping is a great way to fail early, often, and w/low cost, but high value.

I've got plenty of FAIL stories to share if this is an open panel. Plus the lessons learned to back it up.

whatever you do, don't FAIL to bring in the Unicorn at the crucial moment

We had WEAPONS GRADE FAIL last year as acknowledged by Wired -> http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/03/sxsw-bankrupt-y.html

...let's do it again!!!

sean

Can't wait. I'll be there.

need to talk about http://failreport.com but other than self promotion madness Josh always has good stories and insight from previous entanglements that are interested to hear

It's time to use the Die Hard series school of naming conventions. If you already did that last year and I wasn't taking notes I blame the horned horse overlord.

@Jay New working title for this panel: FailHarder

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Zilch - I have no interest in this idea.
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OK - But this is not really my cup of tea.
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Good - I might attend this panel.
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Better - I probably will attend this panel.
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Best - I will definitely attend this panel.
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Amazing - This justifies my trip to SXSW.

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