Day for Failure Athens - An intro to Failure

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An introduction to the Day for Failure Athens event, organized by ThinkBiz with the support from the Innovation and Entrepreneurship unit of AUEB, that took place in Athens University of Economics and Business on the 11th of October, for the celebration of the International Day for Failure.

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Philip Protogeridis

@protogeridis

Filippos Protogeridis

Athens University of Economics And Business –

Department of Informatics

Ph.prot@gmail.com

Twitter

#DFFAthens

Your own

Failure

Stories

Is failure bad

Natural

Consequence of

Following your Dreams

Taking Risk

Trying new stuff

Making a

Difference

FAILURE ≠ MISTAKE

Is there a good and a bad way of Failing?

YES

NEVER PLAN ON FAILING But when failure comes, accept it and move on

LEARN FROM

YOUR

FAILURE

Admit it

Accept it

Embrace it

Failure Stories

First Company went Bankrupt

Fired from newspaper because he “Lacked

Imagination and Original Ideas”

Was rejected 302 times before he got

Funding for his Company

“We don't like their sound and guitar

music is on the way out”

How many attempts did it take for Rovio?

Failed games

And us? What is our Failure Story?