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SUMMARY:Failure stories - FUN Cambridge - Karen Anderson // Martin Clark /
 / ThorA Rain 
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CONTACT:Saar Francken
DESCRIPTION:Ever wanted to change the world and found the world kicking ba
 ck? You are not alone. Join us for a night of honest stories from some bri
 lliantly ambitious people as they share their scars\, failures and insight
 s along the way to making change. \n\n*At FUN (F--- up nights) Cam\, we wa
 nt to open the stage for a celebration of professional failure in all its 
 forms\, with a particular focus on social endeavours. Success stories of s
 ocial ventures are sexy and easy to tell\, but failure is also integral to
  growing the field. FUN Cam exists to facilitate and share failure stories
  of social enterprises and businesses located in the Cambridge area. We ho
 pe that in sharing our failures we can learn from them\, laugh at them\, o
 r at the very least\, drink to them.*\n\nOur next FUN Cam event is on Wedn
 esday\, March 7th\, 2018 from 6.30pm at 1815 The Union Bar. Come along to 
 hear successful people bare their failure\, meet some interesting people\,
  and grab a drink as we cheers to life's most grand\, painful and serendip
 itous F--- ups. Get your tickets now through Eventbrite: https://www.event
 brite.com/e/fun-cambridge-tickets-42498698752?aff=es2 \n\nCome join us to 
 hear: \n* Karen Anderson of Cambridge Social Ventures share a start-up exp
 erience in which market\, governance\, business model\, investment and hum
 an failures all came together. \n* Martin Clark\, Deputy Chief Executive o
 f Allia will explain (in his words) “how someone with no financial backg
 round tried to launch a major social investment strategy and made many hor
 rible mistakes along the way.” \n* ThorA Rain\, the founder and director
  of The Helpful Clinic\, will let us in on the challenges of developing a 
 first aid toolkit for mental health.\n
LOCATION:1815 The Union Bar 9 Bridge Street\, CB2 1UA\, Cambridge
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