The subject was failure and an audience of business people heard stories of how one can learn from failure and turn it into future success.

Fishers High School was the site of the third annual FailFest Thursday.  Launch Fishers Founder John Wechsler put together an impressive list of speakers for the event.

Inside Indiana Business TV anchor Gerry Dick opened the Fest with comments about the entrepreneurial atmosphere Fishers has created.  Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness told those on hand how Fishers has worked to create on atmosphere where businesses can start and grow.

Here is a partial list of the FailFest speakers and a summary of what they discussed:

–Attorney Jonathon Polak explained his work with the Goldman family in their efforts to collect on the civil judgment against O.J. Simpson.

–Former NFL player Brandon Gorin, a franchise owner and area representative for Marco’s Pizza, talked about overcoming both business and personal setbacks (listen to the link below for my brief interview with him).

–Jared Ingold, owner of Vardagen in Fishers, argued that failure is a way to learn.

–JJ Thompson, founder and CEO of Rook Security, told the story of how he had to learn the art of dealing with people, after paying the price when he didn’t.

–Teresa Sabatine had a rising career in the entertainment industry, but told the crowd she finally answered the voice in her head telling her to come back home to Indiana.  She is now the Film Commissioner for the City of Indianapolis.

–Chris Baggott, founder and CEO of ClusterTruck, listed his many business ventures and broke down how each has performed in a number of different ways.

During this year’s FailFest, I talked to a number of people attending, and my final talk was with Brandon Gorin.  You can listen to those interviews at the link below: