Failure is the Best Way to Learn How to Succeed

Cassandra Phillipps has been a startup event producer for over three years, producing and managing numerous conferences, including FailCon http://thefailcon.com/, SF MusicTech Summit, Inside Social Apps, Unleashed Conference, Startup Seminars, and many more. She works with clients to insure each has a high-quality and profitable event, connecting them with the best partners, sponsors, and speakers for their topics. Before moving to the start-up industry, she served as a stage manager at various theaters around the country, including the American Conservatory Theater, Chicago Court, Marin Theater Company, and Aurora. Cassandra has a B.A in Human Development from the University of Chicago. You can find Cassandra on her http://webwallflower.com/blog/ & on Twitter @webwallflower http://twitter.com/webwallflower
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[pemotheodore]

Thanks for your feedback, this interview was only published today on my blog therefore low number of views. I wish it were grant funded rather than self funded. I am not a professional videographer & sometimes have to film in unfriendly environments. However every interview gives people to say what they think about the issues that I am passionate about. I appreciate constructive criticism but note that you haven't uploaded any video interviews? Got to ask myself WHY?

[aceofducks]

Nice to hear the idea of seminar speakers sharing real stories including failures as well as successes. Too often the success stories are so over the top that it just comes across as unbelievable hype.

Nice bit about lean start-ups too. I've worked with many companies that take enormous risks right out of the gate, so their business is in a do or die position. I always urge caution and starting slow, but so many people are in such a big hurry to get rich off of their idea that they rush it.

[Scobleizer]

G58: Every video can be improved. Yeah, it's a bit noisy, yeah, the intro is pretty long, yeah, there's a black border around the video (gotta fix that in your editor), but I love Cassandra and anyway, no need to add snark to criticism. There are better ways to gently hint at ways content can be improved than that.

[G58]

Good camera angle, terrible position for the interviewer - causing Cassandra to crane her head back to make eye contact. Noisy location. And you're still using 33 seconds of intro and another 30 seconds of end credits. It looks like a grant funded effort. No feedback on comments. You ask why do these things matter? None of these things should need to be pointed out at this stage in your project. I actually admire your work, but your view totals are very low. Ask YOURSELF: WHY?