Dec 01, 2014
Philip Protogeridis
@protogeridis
Filippos Protogeridis
Athens University of Economics And Business –
Department of Informatics
#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?