YYC FUCKUP NIGHTS YYC SPEAKER
GRAEME EDGE
energy disruptors & scaleblaze
Graeme Edge is a Scottish-born entrepreneur who has built companies the hard way, through mistakes, near misses, sleepless nights, and more than a few moments of self-doubt.
He is best known as a co-founder of Energy Disruptors, a global platform and summit born in Calgary that set out to challenge how the world thinks and talks about energy, climate, and innovation. What began as a risky idea outside the mainstream has grown into one of the most unconventional business and leadership gatherings in the world, often described as the Burning Man of the corporate world or Coachella for geeks.
Along the way, Graeme has worked alongside world-class thinkers and leaders, but his journey has never been linear, safe, or tidy. Like most founders, he has navigated failure, conflict, hard decisions, broken partnerships, and moments where walking away would have been easier.
Beyond Energy Disruptors, Graeme is the founder of ScaleBlaze, an executive search firm helping founders and scale-ups grow across energy, climate, and industrial innovation, many of whom are living through their own version of the messy middle.
At Fuck Up Nights YYC, Graeme isn’t here to talk about polished success stories. He’s here to share what really happens behind the scenes when you bet on yourself, and what you learn when things don’t go according to plan.
Visit Website – https://www.scale-blaze.com/
F*uckUp YYC - The Crew Behind the Chaos
Hosts: Shahr Savizi & Amanda Ovaici
The FuckUp Nights YYC team is a collective of community builders and catalysts dedicated to tearing down the facade of "perfect" professionalism. Led by Shahr Savizi and Amanda Ovaici, the pair are on a mission to destigmatize professional failure through radical vulnerability and the power of raw storytelling.
By hosting high-impact events that celebrate the messy, human side of business setbacks, Shahr, Amanda, and their team foster a resilient entrepreneurial ecosystem in Calgary. Their work encourages local leaders to:
Embrace Transparency: Shedding the "hustle culture" mask for honest, authentic growth.
Drive Resilience: Learning more from a collapse than a win to build stronger ventures.
Foster Meaningful Connections: Creating a professional landscape rooted in shared experience and grit.
In a world obsessed with highlight reels, the team is here to remind us that our biggest blunders are often our greatest lessons. They aren't just hosting an event; they’re building a culture where Calgary’s leaders can fail forward, together.
