F*ckUp Nights YYC
F*ckUp Nights YYC is a Calgary event series where entrepreneurs and business leaders talk openly about their professional failures and what they learned from them. Brand Magazine publishes speaker profiles, event announcements and recaps from every edition. Find upcoming dates on our events calendar.
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WELCOME TO FUCKUP NIGHTS – THE FAILURES BEHIND THE HEADLINES
Tired of polished success stories and carefully curated highlight reels, Amanda Ovaici and Shahr Smed created something different. In 2019, they launched Fuckup Nights…
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SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT – ALLISON GRAFTON
President & Founder of Rockwood Custom Homes About Allison Allison Grafton is the Founder and President of Rockwood Custom Homes. In 2009, she left…
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SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT – BRYDON GIERL
Founder of CoolIT Systems About Brydon Brydon Gierl is the Co-Founder of CoolIT Systems and has spent more than 20 years helping shape the…
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PHIL ROBERTSON & SEBASTIAN SZTABZYB – Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters
Key takeaways Phil Robertson and Sebastian Sztabzyb co-founded Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters in Calgary in 2007. Phil designed the company’s one-of-a-kind roasting machine…
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GRAEME EDGE – Energy Disruptors & Scaleblaze
Key takeaways Graeme Edge is a Scottish-born, Calgary-based entrepreneur and co-founder of Energy Disruptors, a global platform and summit born in Calgary. Energy Disruptors…
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CHRIS JONES – EOS WORLDWIDE
Key takeaways Chris Jones has more than 30 years of entrepreneurship across six companies, including hard pivots and major setbacks. His experience of getting…
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AMANDA HAMILTON – Amanda Hamilton Design
Key takeaways Amanda Hamilton is a Calgary interior designer and entrepreneur, founder of Amanda Hamilton Interior Design and Three Foot Nothing Construction. She was…
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F*ckup Nights YYC
FuckUpNights YYC launched in 2019, founded by Shahr Smed and Amanda Ovaici—two friends who were tired of hearing only polished success stories. They wanted…
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UNFILTERED: Business Failures & Comebacks
Key takeaways F*ckUp Nights YYC is a quarterly Calgary speaker series where four founders and leaders each share one real business failure and what…
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JAYME MINOR & ADAM JONES – MAXGREEN
YYC F*CKUP NIGHTS YYC SPEAKER JAYME MINOR & ADAM JONES MAXGREEN Named to Top 40 Under 40 nearly a decade apart, business partners Adam…
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BRAD FIELD – HOMES FOR HEROES FOUNDATION
YYC F*CKUP NIGHTS YYC SPEAKER BRAD FIELD HOMES FOR HEROES FOUNDATION With nearly six decades in Calgary, Brad embodies the spirit of Western Canadian…
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NAHEED KURJI – CYCLICСА
YYC F*CKUP NIGHTS YYC SPEAKER NAHEED KURJI CYCLICСА Failure has been the most consistent theme in Naheed’s life, not as something to avoid, but…
