FailCon: Using Failure to Understand Success
Posted on Mon, Aug 24, 2009 @ 06:11 PM
The generous women organizers behind FailCon: Understanding Success have offered all FWL members a 25% off discount! Early bird pricing ends tomorrow, so make sure to buy tickets (with the discount!) today if you know you're interested. More info on the conference is below....
Why should YOU be there?
9 out of every 10 startups are likely to fail, most likely in their first year. You need to know the common mistakes people make and how successful founders overcame them. FailCon will discuss:
* Early team communication and where it can break down.
* What ruins virality.
* How investors handle failing companies.
* What's makes an investor slam the door in your face.
* How to handle a client if your service fails to deliver.
* Classic UI and design mistakes.
* Common online marketing mistakes.
* And many more!
How is FailCon different from other social web conferences?
FailCon is the first event to examine the failures founders, investors, designers, and social web professionals have experienced, what they learned, and how they recovered. Every presentation is pre-screened for fresh content, detailed personal stories, and clear explanations on what went wrong and how to avoid the mistakes now. This is our 7th conference, and we're looking to take a new approach and shake things up.
So who IS going?
Aside from some great press and attendees, some of our speakers include:
* Max Levchin; Founder of Paypal (Interviewed by Jessica Vascellaro from the Wall Street Journal)
* Mark Pincus; Founder of Zynga
* Sandy Jen and Seth Sternberg; Co-founders of Meebo
* David Hornick; Partner at August Capital
* Brandon Schauer; Experience Design Director at Adaptive Path
* Max Ventilla; Co-founder of Aardvark
* Diane Benedikt; Co-founder, Venture Insight
* Ron Conway; Angel Investor and Limited-Partner at Baseline Ventures
* Lane Becker and Thor Muller; Co-founders of GetSatisfaction
* Kavin Stewart; Co-founder of LOLapps
* and more!
How do I get there at an affordable rate?
Early bird tickets end TODAY!
Use this link to register: Buy Tickets
So what are the details?
FailCon: Understanding Success takes place on October 27th at the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco.
It is followed by an SFbeta after party at 111 Minna, from 6pm - 10pm.
Your ticket gets you entrance to both, two meals, and a day of awesome presentations and networking opportunities!