Founder F*ck Ups, Prolific North’s popular tech event series, is returning with four tech founders gearing up to share all the biggest lessons they’ve learnt in a honest and open forum.
The date of the event has changed to 10 September at Bruntwood SciTech’s No.1 Circle Square and will be once again hosted in partnership with Praetura Ventures, back with more raw, unfiltered honesty as a new panel of founders share their highs and lows of building a business.
So, who’s appearing on the panel this year? First up is Bobby Thandi, founder and CEO of XR Games, a multi award-winning VR and AR game development studio with over 100 members of staff. XR Games also works with the world’s largest publishers and hardware manufacturers such as Meta, PlayStation & Microsoft and works closely with AAA game studios, movie studios, and IP holders to bring world renowned IPs to life in VR.
Amy Whitell, co-founder and CEO of Collctiv is the second leader set to join Thandi on the panel. Since launching in September 2019, Collctiv has helped over 1.1M people collect over $71m of group payments and is live in both the UK and the US. Prior to Collctiv, Whitell was COO of an edtech company, responsible for the digital production, international growth, operational teams and 600 staff.
Anna Sutton, co-founder at The Data Refinery and Ayan Mohamed, CEO of Digitech Oasis, will complete the panel.
From favourite f*ck ups and biggest mistakes, during previous Founder F*ck Up events founders have shared their woes from grappling with burnout, making a job offer to the wrong person and even new hires having brushes with the law. There’s plenty of more where that came at the next event.
And that’s what the Founder F*ck Ups event series is all about, bringing founders and entrepreneurs back to reality with a strict ‘no bullsh*t’ and ‘no judgement’ rule away from the humble brags on LinkedIn, where you can enjoy some awkward stories to learn from.
Don’t miss out and secure your tickets to the event here. There are opportunities to become an event partner and sponsor the event, if you’d like more information please get in touch with the team via [email protected]
