Innovating badly is the best way to innovate well

A serial bankrupt, this is how Enrico Pandian defines himself, who is now a successful entrepreneur and has himself become an investor in startups. He is the protagonist of the first episode of Innovare male. And there are also the stories of Marco Ogliengo of Jet HR, who after his initial stumbles could become the next Italian unicorn (founder of a startup valued at least one billion dollars) and Luca Rossettini, space entrepreneur and co-founder of D-Orbit, who, after the "drubbing" of his youth, has achieved record funding of 150 million.

"For six months I pretended that everything was going well, admitting that I was fallible was difficult because I was a perfectionist. Failure sucks. I didn't tell anyone what was happening to me, but in the end I collapsed. I was saved by the words of a doctor who told me not to keep running away but to face reality and share it. From there the ascent began" this is the testimony of Francesca Corrado, founder of the School of Failure, who turned her mistakes and critical moments into her strength and the core of her new business. Francesca now organises courses that teach how to transform failures into opportunities for growth.

The Radio 24 videopodcast "Innovare male. Fallendo si impara", realised in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Technology, tells the story of successful entrepreneurs who - with a touch of self-mockery - recount their personal journeys, made up of down moments and disastrous falls. The experiences that intertwine are those of those who dreamt big and came up against reality: start-ups born from brilliant intuitions and collapsed due to an error in assessment, projects that lost investors, teams unable to collaborate, ideas that were too futuristic or simply had no market.

"Innovate badly. Failing you learn" is hosted by Chiara Albicocco, science journalist, and Ginevra Fenyes, comedian. The series is produced in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Technology, the national research centre where innovative ideas and technologies are developed.

For the first time in Italy, some episodes of the series are recorded in an anechoic chamber, a special laboratory where 'absolute' silence reigns, located atH4E - Hub For Enterpreneurship, the incubator of innovative start-ups at the Italian Institute of Technology. It is a place where start-ups can use state-of-the-art equipment to realise and test their advanced technologies.