Kicking off 2025 with a fresh Winter Edition, this event brought together three bold entrepreneurs who openly shared their biggest challenges, missteps, and lessons learned. Held at University of Luxembourg, it was an incredible mix of real talk, failures, resilience, and unexpected pivots.
A night of raw, unfiltered stories about professional, entrepreneurial, and personal setbacks, this edition was filled with hope, pressure, unexpected challenges, and even some backstabbing business tales.
The inaugural Fuckup Nights Luxembourg was a journey into vulnerability, authenticity, and resilience. Attendees dived into honest, unfiltered stories of entrepreneurial struggles, high-pressure moments, financial mishaps, and unexpected business betrayals.
Include voices from SMEs, corporate professionals, students, public figures, and experts.
Bridge gaps between industries and business sizes for cross-sector learning.
Public events to inspire and private sessions to foster open dialogue.
Turn setbacks into opportunities for continuous growth and improvement.
Encourage active participation, mentoring, and knowledge sharing across the community.
Inspire innovation and resilience across Luxembourg by engaging diverse audiences.
How can you contribute?
Everyone can play a role in making Fuckup Nights a success. Here’s how you can help:
Join our events, share your thoughts, and grow with the community.
Help us reach a wider audience by sharing our events.
Know someone with a great story to share? Let us know!
Contribute to logistics, communication, or event facilitation.
Introduce us to potential partners or experts.
Help us keep our events accessible and high quality.
Our mission is to turn Fuckup Nights into a real success catalyst by highlighting the lessons learned from failure. If this vision resonates with you, join us and help shape its future!
Guillaume Chatelain is an entrepreneur and event organizer with a strong background in digital innovation and leadership. As the Ambassador and Organizer of Fuckup Nights Luxembourg, he fosters open discussions on failure, transforming setbacks into learning opportunities.
Previously, he led My Duchy, a Luxembourg-focused metaverse built on Unreal Engine, engaging state ministries and private companies. He also worked with the European Commission, expanding the “Building Europe with Local Councillors” program.
Guillaume co-founded DealDrive, a client communication and cashflow management platform, and founded Serpico, an HR analytics tool for performance tracking. With past roles in pricing analysis and business development at Citi, Clearstream, and Thomson Reuters, he combines financial expertise with a passion for innovation and community-building.
An expert in artificial intelligence and robotics, Loïck has developed innovative solutions ranging from processing massive data (1TB/day) to AI-powered video analysis projects and utilizing advanced robots like Boston Dynamics’ Spot.
As a startup CTO and innovation leader, Loïck has led teams (from 3 to 26 members) and contributed to a €1.5M fundraising effort with the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. He has coordinated diverse collaborations with both public and private sectors.
A graduate of Mines Nancy in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Loïck blends technical expertise with innovative project structuring and a dedication to educational initiatives in AI, web scraping, and software development.