Startup Horror Stories!

Denver Founders Network: Startup Horror Stories 👻🎃 📅 Thursday\, October 29 \| 6:00 PM 📍 ID345 · 3960 High St, Denver, CO 80205 📍 NEW LOCATION! After years of generous hosting by D & Jo at Alchemy Security, the DFN pirate ship has a new dock. We're dropping anchor at ID345! Tall tales of woe from the crypt. Cue the spooky music. Hang the spiderwebs. Put the pumpkins out front. And ssssssshhhh… it’s time to share some startup tales of woe. Bad partnerships. VCs who took board seats, ran out of money in 2021, and still hold those seats. Your company IPOs, your personal paper value hits $2.8 billion during the lockup period, then the lockup expires, the stock crashes, and suddenly your paper fortune is worth next to nothing. Hiring mistakes. Deals gone sideways. Decisions you wish you could take back. And sometimes, COVID kills your business. I've told a few startup horror stories in my time. Maybe I'll tell one again. Denver Founders Network is bringing back an old tradition: an evening of honest stories, hard-earned lessons, and a few laughs about the messy reality of building companies. Because sometimes, the best lessons come from knowing you're not the only one who's been through it. Kristin Darga will moderate the evening—and she has plenty of startup stories of her own. Kristin is a Denver-based executive coach, keynote speaker, and award-winning author.