FailFest Returns

The second FailFest will take place today at Tom Wood Aviation at Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport in Fishers. The event is organized by Launch Fishers and focuses on the role failure plays in pushing careers, businesses and communities forward. It will feature presentations from a number of top entrepreneurs and innovators in the state discussing lessons they learned from past mistakes. Inside INdiana Business Host Gerry Dick will kick off the event.
During an interview last month with Inside INdiana Business, Fishers-based CloudOne Inc. Chief Executive Officer John McDonald says "time and time again, it is the most critical component to success – some degree of failure before settling in on the thing you want." McDonald will join a list of more than 20 featured participants in the event.
Other speakers set for FailFest 2015 include:
- Jim Brown, formerly of Haven
- Scott Wise of Scotty’s Brewhouse,
- Financial Commentator Pete "The Planner" Dunn
- Chris Byers of Formstack
- Santiago Jaramillo of Bluebridge Digital
- Brand Coach Thaddeus Rex
- Jason Tennenhouse of 10 IN HOUSE Strategy & Design
- Katie Culp of KSM Location Advisors
- Revenue and Go-To-Market Expert Jenny Vance
- Dante Ventresca of Theater of Inclusion
- Brad Wisler of Sproutbox
- Gabe Connell of Hotbox Pizza
- Dr. Allen Bourff of HSE Schools
- Jay Love of Bloomerang
- Jim Hallett of KAR Auction Services
- Dave Wortman of Diagnotes
- Bobby Logan of K12 Mobility
- Danielle McDowell of The Speakeasy
- Ellen Rosenthal of Conner Prairie
- Anderson Schoenrock of Memory Ventures
- Scott McCorkle of Salesforce Marketing Cloud