The Failure Ball | Denver Networking Event & Nonprofit | 2024

The Failure Ball

The black-tie charity gala & National

nonprofit that celebrates failure

in the name of suicide prevention.

October 12th, 2024

The Grant-Humphreys Mansion

Denver, CO

In the world of life

& business, biffing it

is bound to happen.

But Racking up a few fails

is the surest sign your

dreams are big enough.

The Failure Ball | Denver Networking Event & Nonprofit | 2024

Stroll into this black tie fundraiser for an evening of slaps on the back, secret handshakes & a series of unfiltered speeches from people who are wildly successful — not despite their screw ups, but because of them.

The Failure Ball | Denver Networking Event & Nonprofit | 2024

The Failure Ball exists

for 3 simple reasons.

The Failure Ball | Denver Networking Event & Nonprofit | 2024
The Failure Ball | Denver Networking Event & Nonprofit | 2024

№ 1


CELEBRATE

THE TRYINGS.

Don your best ballgown, tux, or old prom dress & let this be be your gold-gilded reminder that you’re doing great, sweetie. After all, failure is an inevitable side effect of effort — and effort is always worth celebrating.

№ 2


REVEL IN THE

FAILINGS.

Duck under the velvet rope & listen in as industry leaders spill their most shameful secrets and massive fails. This is a mansion full of business owners & whole humans you admire, giving tell-all toasts to their biggest f*ckups.

№ 3


RAISE THE

MONEY-ING.

Sip, snack & silent auction your way to donations for To Write Love on Her Arms, an American nonprofit that invests in hope, treatment & recovery for folks navigating tricky mental health matters. Because taking care of business starts with caring for our brains.

The Failure Ball | Denver Networking Event & Nonprofit | 2024

Failure isn’t

something to fear.

(And gosh, it is not shameful.)

It’s simply an inevitable byproduct of dreaming at a scale that’s worth our time.

The Failure Ball | Denver Networking Event & Nonprofit | 2024

It’s concrete proof that we’re putting in the effort. And it’s undiluted, potent ambition that deserves to be celebrated.

Item № 1 Of Our Manifesto 


Sharing dissolves shame

& community is a balm

for embarrassment.

You in?