{"schemaVersion":1,"event":{"id":"244944984","title":"FuckUp Nights November -  Stories about Failure","dateTime":"2017-11-30T18:00+11:00","eventUrl":"https://www.meetup.com/fuckup-nights-melbourne/events/244944984","description":"/media/archive/9b07ce1bd3b5519f6558bc83-display.webp\n\nWelcome to FuckUp Nights Melbourne! For our last storytelling event of the year, we are partnering with IE Digital to end the year with a bang!\n\nFree tickets available here: https://funnovember.eventbrite.com\n\nOver the past year, we've had over 4,000 people come along to hear from 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 Melbourne has turned into, and we can't wait to see what 2018 brings!\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 15-20 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: Rhys Hayes - (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rod-cuthbert-84065325/)Co-Founder and CEO of IE Digital (http://www.ie.com.au/), Co-Founder of FoyerLive (https://foyer.live/)\n\n/media/archive/7d33b0f113137c8c8bd3a20c-display.webp\n\nRhys is the Founder and CEO of IE Digital, the innovation and experience company. Throughout his 17 year career, he has founded 6 companies and is hugely passionate about digital transformation.\n\nSince the beginning, IE has been able to create innovative solutions to help drive change for organisations. IE’s first major campaign launch was for 7-Eleven, when the agency created Slurpee Brainfreeze, Australia’s first ever real-time online game. From there, IE produced the first ever e-commerce page on Facebook for Nike, and prior to the iPad’s first launch, begun development of an iPad application for Lonely Planet.\n\nRhys is an entrepreneur at heart and enjoys discussing the learnings he’s gleaned along the way to building one of Australia’s most successful digital companies.\n\nFollow IE Digital on Twitter here: @IEDigital (https://twitter.com/IEDigital?lang=en)\n\nSpeaker 2: Dr. Adir Shiffman (https://www.linkedin.com/in/adir-shiffman-5669381/) - Executive Chairman, Catapult Group (https://www.catapultsports.com/)\n\n/media/archive/4a2ab700c4989fcfdc707415-display.webp\n\nDr Adir Shiffman, is an Australian serial tech founder, investor, and the Executive Chairman of the publicly listed, global sports technology leader - Catapult Sports (ASX: CAT). Since investing in Catapult in 2010, Adir's expertise in strategy, M&A and global expansion has played a pivotal role in the company's transformation from a local, privately-owned sports technology business to a global success story and the world leader in wearable and video analytics for elite sport​.\n\nAfter graduating from Monash University in 1999 with a Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery and practising as a doctor, Adir made the switch to being a fulltime start-up founder. Since the age of 16, he has founded and sold more than a dozen high-growth companies, many of which were high growth SaaS (software as a service) businesses and in the process, become one of the foremost technology experts in Australia.\n\nIn 2014, he was recognised as the World's 10th Most Innovative Person in Sport by SportBusiness International, and continues to be heavily involved in the broader industry as a mentor for start-ups and a regular ​keynote ​speaker at global sporting, technology and start-up ​conferences and ​events.\n\nFollow Adir Shiffman on Twitter here: @adirshiffman (https://twitter.com/adirshiffman)\n\nSpeaker 3: Rachael Neumann (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachaelneumann/) - Mentor, Investor & Strategic Advisor Early Stage Startups & Founder, Nevertheless Tech\n\n/media/archive/887d1d532c91d679d41e75e8-display.webp\n\nRachael plays across many parts of the Melbourne startup ecosystem as a Mentor and Investor in Startmate Accelerator, and a Board Director or strategic advisor to a number of founders and their early stage companies. She’s passionate about helping companies scale and increase their impact impact through differentiated customer experiences and new product development. Notably, Rachael was the Managing Director of Eventbrite Australia, launching the Melbourne-based office to further serve the ANZ market. Before stepping into the MD role, Rachael served as Eventbrite’s Director of Customer Experience Strategy.\n\nPrior to this, Rachael was a Case Team Leader at at Bain & Company in Silicon Valley and throughout Australia, advising Technology, Private Equity, Consumer Products and Retail businesses. Rachael serves on the Board of StartupAus, a not for profit organisation with a mission to transform Australia through technology entrepreneurship. She was also a founding Board Member of LaunchVic, a $60m venture seeking to solidify Victoria as a global destination of choice for entrepreneurs, start-ups, and innovative companies.\n\nEducated in the States with an undergraduate degree from Stanford University and two Masters degrees from Columbia University, Rachael has lived between Australia and the US for the last eight years and now proudly calls Melbourne home.\n\nFollow Rachael Neumann on Twitter here: @rneumann6826 (https://twitter.com/rneumann6826)\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\nVenue Partners- IE Digital\n\n/media/archive/7ad5580a6eb7ab366e87a986-display.webp\n\nOrganised by our partners Silicon Block Party, Inspire9, KJR, Young Henrys, General Assembly Melbourne & Collabosaurus.\n\nFind out more at: https://www.facebook.com/FUNMelb/","venue":{"name":"IE Digital","address":"9 Brighton St","city":"Richmond"},"community":"humans-make-mistakes","city":"Melbourne","imageUrl":"/media/archive/dd425fc9911d7264124e9049-display.webp","slug":"fuckup-nights-november-stories-about-failure-244944984","sources":[{"provider":"Meetup","url":"https://www.meetup.com/fuckup-nights-melbourne/events/244944984","savedAt":"2025-04-16T08:11:02.712Z"}]},"album":null}