Failure Stories
In the spirit of Fuckup Nights: the mistakes nobody wants to tell, and the lessons that came out of them.
Why talk about failure?
Success stories inspire but rarely guide: no one really knows why the thing that worked worked. Mistakes are clearer — you can see where it went wrong and teach others not to repeat it.
Every story here ends with key-takeaway cards. If you have no time for the full story, go straight to the cards.
Stories
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Chasing growth against the team
Ceren Yalçın · Marla Dijital
We tripled the team in six months and nobody carried the culture. By year end everyone but the founders had changed.
Doing everything myself
Burak Şen · Vera Lojistik
Every task I refused to delegate slowed me twice over — and cost my team the chance to learn.