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.

2. Philip Protogeridis
Athens University of Economics And Business –
Department of Informatics
Ph.prot@gmail.com
@protogeridis
Filippos Protogeridis

3. Twitter
Your own
Failure
Stories
#DFFAthens

5. Is failure bad

7. Following your Dreams
Taking Risk
Natural
Consequence of Trying new stuff
Making a
Difference

8. FAILURE ≠ MISTAKE

9. Is there a good and a bad way of Failing?
YES

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

11. LEARN
FROM
YOUR
FAILURE
Admit it
Accept it
Embrace it

12. Failure Stories

13. Fired from newspaper because he “Lacked
Imagination and Original Ideas”
First Company went Bankrupt
Was rejected 302 times before he got
Funding for his Company

15. “We don't like their sound and guitar
music is on the way out”

18. How many attempts did it take for Rovio?
Failed games

19. And us? What is our Failure Story?