{"id":295,"date":"2010-10-21T15:42:41","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T22:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=295"},"modified":"2025-12-14T13:34:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T21:34:40","slug":"backblaze-presenting-at-failcon-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-presenting-at-failcon-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Backblaze Presenting at FailCon &#8217;10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Failcon.jpg\" alt=\"FailCon\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">FailCon takes place on Monday and if you haven&#8217;t signed up yet, I highly recommend you sign up now. (Use the code &#8220;20backblaze&#8221; to get 20% off your FailCon admission.)<\/p>\n<p>You can attend a conference every day in Silicon Valley. Many would be interesting, entertaining, and provide an opportunity to network. But FailCon is different.<\/p>\n<p>FailCon is all about learning from each others&#8217; mistakes in order to achieve success.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Backblaze demo&#8217;ed at FailCon &#8217;09 and when possible I would sneak away from our demo area to listen to the speakers. Most were candid in sharing what didn&#8217;t work, what they learned, and how to do it better. I wish I could have been there to listen to every speaker.<\/p>\n<p>This year, FailCon &#8217;10 has a great lineup of speakers with leaders from Twitter, Foursquare, FriendFeed, Zappos, and many others. On the &#8220;Navigating the Exit&#8221; panel I&#8217;ll also share what we learned from <a href=\"\/blog\/backblaze-online-backup-almost-acquired-breaking-down-the-breakup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>almost<\/em> getting acquired<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are, or intend to be, a founder or leader in a startup, come to this event. And if you want to meet there, email me at <a href=\"ma&#105;&#108;&#116;o:g&#108;&#101;b.&#98;&#117;&#100;&#109;&#97;&#110;&#64;&#98;ac&#107;&#98;la&#122;e&#46;co&#109;\">g&#108;eb.&#98;&#117;d&#109;&#97;n&#64;&#98;ackbla&#122;&#101;&#46;c&#111;m<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/backblaze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet at me<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FailCon takes place on Monday and if you haven&#8217;t signed up yet, I highly recommend you sign up now. (Use the code &#8220;20backblaze&#8221; to get 20% off your FailCon admission.) You can attend a conference every day in Silicon Valley. Many would be interesting, entertaining, and provide an opportunity to network. But FailCon is different.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-presenting-at-failcon-10\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Backblaze Presenting at FailCon &#8217;10<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[131,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backblaze-bits","category-events","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Join Us at FailCon &#039;10: Backblaze Presents on Learning from Failure<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"FailCon takes place on Monday and if you haven&#039;t signed up yet, I highly recommend you sign up now. 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