{"schemaVersion":1,"event":{"id":"241325790","title":"FuckUp Nights July - Stories about Failure","dateTime":"2017-07-20T18:00+10:00","eventUrl":"https://www.meetup.com/fuckup-nights-melbourne/events/241325790","description":"/media/archive/76611dc3762369b17dbbd24e-display.webp\n\nWelcome to FuckUp Nights Melbourne! This month we're returning to Inspire9 Richmond to where it all began for our 1-year anniversary.\n\nOver the past year, we've had over 2,000 people come along to hear from over 40 speakers open their hearts and bare their souls. Our speakers and attendees have created an amazingly supportive community, and we couldn't be prouder of what FuckUp Nights has turned into, and we can't wait to see what the next year brings.\n\nGet your FREE tickets here: http://bit.ly/FUNJuly\n\nFuckUp Nights is a global movement born in Mexico in 2012 to share public business failure stories with hundreds of people attending each event around the world. Each month speakers will be invited to talk about their FuckUp stories; we’ll learn about their biggest mistakes, what they learned, how they moved on- all whilst sharing invaluable advice along the way.\n\nThe speakers will candidly share in 7 minutes:\n* What their project / business was\n* What went wrong / How it affected their personal life / What they learned / What they would do differently.\n\nSpeaker 1: (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rod-cuthbert-84065325/)Didier Elzinga (https://www.linkedin.com/in/didierelzinga/) - Founder & CEO, Culture Amp (https://www.cultureamp.com/)\n\n/media/archive/fd4cf4edbc4d6a3d81503760-display.webp\n\nDidier Elzinga is the CEO & Founder of Culture Amp - the world's leading Culture Analytics platform. He was previously the CEO of Rising Sun Pictures (a leading Hollywood visual effects company) and founder of Rising Sun Research (winner of a Technical Academy Award).\n\nHe is a non executive director at The Atlassian Foundation and The Alfred Research Foundation. He presents widely on culture and creativity and what it takes to build a culture first company in both Australia and Silicon Valley.\n\nFollow Didier on Twitter here: @didierelzinga (https://twitter.com/didierelzinga?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor)\n\nSpeaker 2: (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rod-cuthbert-84065325/)Leah Pooley (https://www.linkedin.com/in/leahpooley/) - Co-Founder, Flowerfox (https://www.flowerfox.com.au/)\n\n/media/archive/71eb0225da7014de62d643ff-display.webp\n\nLeah is the founder of Flowerfox, a Melbourne startup changing the way people buy flowers online. She has a marketing career spanning 13 years working for digital and creative agencies on a number of iconic brands including Qantas, RSPCA and AGL Solar. Leah is passionate about helping businesses solve problems through innovation, and is excited by initiatives that use technology for social good. When she’s not transforming the flower industry, Leah spends her time jumping between live music venues and the yoga studio.\n\nFollow Leah on Twitter here: @LeahPooley (https://twitter.com/LeahPooley)\n\nSpeaker 3: Kym Huynh (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kymhuynh/) - Founder, WeTeachMe (https://weteachme.com/)\n\n/media/archive/f43d4076ec7f0cb97ca26209-display.webp\n\nKym is one of the Founders of WeTeachMe—The Go-To Place for Australia’s Best And Most Popular Classes. In 2016 WeTeachMe officially became the largest school in Australia. Over the next 3 years, Kym aims to build WeTeachMe into the biggest school in the world.\n\nWeTeachMe is a resident of Foundry9 on the top level of this building, with Kym personally striving to make a lasting and positive contribution to this world by always listening, always learning and helping people reach out and touch and inspire the lives of others from all corners of the globe.\n\nFollow Kym on Twitter here: @KymHuynh (https://twitter.com/kymhuynh?lang=en)\n\nSpeaker 4: Ann Nolan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/annnolan/) - Co-Founder, Snobal (http://snobal.io/)\n\n/media/archive/003e488694ca59334ac83d41-display.webp\n\nAnn’s background is in screenwriting, user experience and digital strategy, having worked across all these areas in both Australia and the UK.\n\nAnn first started working with tech startups in 1999 and has worked with a variety of early venture companies since that time with a focus on brand and product development.\n\nAnn is the co-founder of Snobal, which amongst various awards and recognition, was in 2017 invited to participate on the IBM Global Entrepreneur Program.\n\nFollow Ann on Twitter here: @annnolan (https://twitter.com/annnolan)\n\nAt the end of each person’s story, you’ll have a chance to ask questions- nothing too cheeky, but feel free to dig around.You’ll hear stories and advice you won’t get elsewhere - and these stories will (hopefully) put you in good stead to not make the same fuckups.\n\nAttendance is free, but we do ask you to register in advance.\n\nOrganised by our partners KJR (http://kjr.com.au/), Young Henrys (http://www.younghenrys.com/home), General Assembly Melbourne (https://generalassemb.ly/), Inspire9 (http://inspire9.com/) & Collabosaurus (https://collabosaurus.com/).\n\nFind out more at: https://www.facebook.com/FUNMelb/","venue":{"name":"Inspire9","address":"1/41 Stewart Street","city":"Richmond"},"community":"humans-make-mistakes","city":"Melbourne","imageUrl":"/media/archive/dd425fc9911d7264124e9049-display.webp","slug":"fuckup-nights-july-stories-about-failure-241325790","sources":[{"provider":"Meetup","url":"https://www.meetup.com/fuckup-nights-melbourne/events/241325790","savedAt":"2025-04-16T08:11:00.385Z"}]},"album":null}