Founders Academy: Business Nightmare Stories

A fun an interactive evening full of business failure stories.

The evening consists of 2 sessions.

Session 1: Interactive masterclass: How to learn from mistakes, setbacks and failure
After the masterclass you have received a big shot of inspiration, you laughed, and you learned several concrete techniques on how to look at mistakes positively.

About Frank Deuring

After seven years, three hundred performances and a theatre tour, Frank Deuring (1985) retired as a stand-up comedian in 2013.

The stretch was gone and the fun was gone. That’s why Frank was ready for something new: the Failure Factory.

He immersed himself maniacally in learning from mistakes and has already inspired thousands of people with his masterclasses.

His book SuperFalen was published on June 1, 2022 through Boom Publishers. This book was at #1 in the Management Book Top 100 for 14 days. Frank was also interviewed by media such as the FD, the AD, the Volkskrant and Radio 1.

Session 2: Brave entrepreneurs share their f*ckup stories on stage, so you can learn from them and can avoid painful mistakes

MC: Michael Jäger

These brave entrepreneurs will share their f*ckup stories and lessons learned:

Ingmar Larsen
Founder of This Agency
Sharing his nightmare story about the PhoneCell (Former Distractagone), a lock box for smartphones.

Nour Shabaan
On how he made 1.5 million USD as an affiliate marketer, lost it all, and got back up.
“How I Lost Everything 3 Times, and Made It All Back”

Jeroen van de Heijde
Founder of Impakt Tribe
3 times founder of impact companies (one being a circular fashion brand), who has kept it a surprise for us which story he is going to share!