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Failure Enthusiast
Jonny Lindsay
Jonny Lindsay is the Chapter Lead of Fun Nights Glasgow – a growing movement that reframes failure as a powerful learning tool.
Fuelled by his own entrepreneurial journey and setbacks, Jonny co-founded the Glasgow chapter to help shift the city’s risk-averse culture and build a more supportive, open-minded ecosystem. With over 500 attendees in its first year, Fun Nights Glasgow is helping students and professionals alike “fail forward” with confidence, community, and purpose.
Q&A
Q: What inspired you to get involved with Fun Nights?
A: Before Fun Nights, my co-founder Dana (a PhD student at Glasgow Uni) and I were running a solar collector business. It didn’t work out. When we came back to the drawing board, we noticed that the culture in Glasgow was very risk averse. We wanted to change that, to create something that normalised failure and supported people through it. It started small, and now it’s grown into this exciting movement.
Q: What are your top tips for building resilience and failing forward?
A: One: surround yourself with the right people - people who lift you up and push you forward. Two: mindset is key. I love this quote from Thomas Edison: “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Three: view failure as part of the journey. Imagine crossing a river by stepping on stones - some wobble, some break, but each step teaches you something.
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