FailedFest

Meet Angela Smith one of our FailedShit Pitch contest judges. Angela is a former educator turned investor. After teaching high school/middle school for 6 years, she transitioned into investing while receiving her MBA at BYU. She has worked at several funds including Cougar Capital, Pelion Venture Partners, Sorenson Impact, and Origin Ventures. She is currently an investor with the Utah Innovation Fund. Registration link in the comments. #shitpitch #failedfest

Meet Tim Holladay one of our Failedshit contest judges. Tim is the Managing Partner at Spacestation Investments, which has invested in 108 portfolio companies and deployed over $32 million in consumer companies like Magic Spoon, Olipop, and Oura Ring. He leverages his background in company building and deal structuring to connect creators, athletes, and innovators with top founders. A co-founder of startups like Crowd Mics, Tim now leads a community of strategic investors who actively support portfolio growth. He and his wife, Cara, live in Kaysville, UT, with their five kids. There is still one spot left to pitch a failed product. Link in comments to apply and register for the event. #failedfest #shitpitch

Interview or dance battle? Our team took the dance floor at the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit. Be on the lookout for us today at Startup Alley and the Edison House. #failedfest #failedfoundersclub Lilly Moore Lindsey Ivie 💭

In the clurb we’ve all failed Come hang out in the Failed Founders Club Slack. Exclusive FailedFest content and events. Link in comments to join! #failedfoundersclub #failedfest

Meet Ryan Boswell who will help judge the Failedshit contest: Ryan is the Co-Founder of Stonebriar X, a Special Projects, Strategy and Investment Firm. Ryan’s spent the last 6 years building and scaling startups. His expertise lies in organic customer acquisition and revenue structures and strategies. Link in comment to register and apply to pitch. #failedfest #shitpitch #failedfoundersclub Shit Pitch Utah Tech Week

In our recent edition of BusinessQ, we share how FailedFest shows that business “messes” can lead to surprising successes. Two years ago, the idea of FailedFest began to stew — an event that embraces entrepreneurs’ failures rather than sugarcoating them. But it wasn’t until last December, when FailedFest co-founder Lindsey Ivie 💭 had to shut the doors of her own startup, that “failure” became more than just a word in the dictionary. “That’s when it hit hard — I could identify with it more,” Lindsey says. “I went through this mourning process, and to try to separate your identity from the brand you just built is hard. I took a few months off to process that. Now is the time to help others with those types of conversations.” FailedFest held its first event on Dec. 12 and won’t be a one-time gathering. The crew has launched the Failed Founders Club, with plans for pop-ups, retreats, events, newsletters and a podcast. #failedfest #utahevents #networking #utahnetworking

Laughter, failed products, pitches, and investment opportunities! From the creators of FailedFest and Shitpitch, we are bringing together the opportunity for founders to showcase their adaptability, communication skills, and more to prospective investors. --- Tossing FIVE founders on stage to pitch their REAL & FAILED products. $500 prize thanks to DUDE Wipes! The crowd favorite wins a butt load of "shitcoins". --- Registration link in the comments.

The FailedFest team is heading to the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit today. Come say hi with the chance to win a Failed Founders Club t-shit or hat. It will require a dance battle or a video interview. See you later today! #failedfoundersclub #failedfest #siliconslopes

More of our ‘Failed’ hats came in stock. DM Lindsey Ivie 💭 or Sam Salisbury if you want to grab one for $25. We will be at Silicon Slopes this week and can bring it to you there. Thanks for helping with these hats Zach Bingham. #failedfest #failedfoundersclub

Excited to announce we are hosting our first Failed Founders Club event during Expo West. We also have some other fun events lineup this year in the AI/Tech space so be on the lookout for those. Would love to connect with brands that are planning to attend. RSVP for Happy Hour in comments. #failedfoundersclub #failedfest #expowest