Apologies for the swear word in this post’s title, but FuckUp Nights is the name of an organization that brings entrepreneurs together to share stories of business failures, discuss what they learned from the bad experiences, and provide insight that might help them and others in the future.
The group started in Mexico several years ago, and Meredith Denbow had the idea of bringing it to Washington, DC. She’s lived in the city since 2010 and has held five FuckUp Nights gatherings, or “volumes,” with the most recent taking place earlier this week.
Meredith emailed me eager to tell me more about the sessions, at which a handful of presenters give slideshows about their catastrophes then take questions from the audience, which tends to consist mostly of 20- and 30-somethings.
I was happy to go with Meredith’s suggesting of meeting her for dinner at Jyoti, an Indian restaurant in the District’s Adams Morgan neighborhood. Click on Meredith’s picture above or on this link to read about my meal with her.