Failure now has a voice and platform too! And the low points in ones professional life were celebrated with cheers, claps and questions last week at a commercial space in Jubilee Hills.
For the first time in the country, a group of youngsters decided to recognise the ‘power of failure’’ in the ‘City of Pearls’ by organising FUN Hyderabad, the local version of a global movement that began in Mexico in 2012.
“Hyderabad has a lot of entrepreneurs and they have many stories to tell. But, there was no event where one could give a talk about their failures,” said 26-year-old Chandrakanth Pollishetty, a techie in MNC, who brought the event to town.
“The idea behind organising this event is to learn from the speakers experiences and also provide an opportunity for networking to entrepreneurs.” Presently being organised in more than 35 countries, the event gives a chance to select speakers to narrate their professional failure stories in the midst of a live crowd.
The second edition of FUN Hyderabad comprised of an audience of 45 youngsters and they listened to speakers and local entrepreneurs like - Saikiran Gunda, Pallav Bajjuri and Vivek Anand with rapt attention.
The stories were narrated with colourful presentations and lively interactions. To compliment the growing startup culture in the city, the organisers are trying to rope in speakers who were part of the startup ecosystem.
The event organisers are depending on their social media page www.facebook.com/funhyd14 to invite and shortlist speakers apart from sending out invitations.
“We did not strictly follow the international format where speakers get six minutes each with a maximum of 10 slides. We will start organising it every month in the city apart from sticking to the format,” said Mr. Chandrakanth, the authorised organiser to hold the not-for-profit event in Hyderabad.
According to the organisers, the best part about the show is that the speakers need not be formal and can use colloquial language or profanity to drive home the point.
Keeping the growing audience in mind, the organisers have already started their hunt for the successful “losers”.
