The Founder Was Sent to Prison
For those who haven’t seen the Netflix documentary, ‘Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened,’ this is the story of a festival that led to thousands of people demanding their money back and a businessman named Billy McFarland being to prison. McFarland, the 26-year-old founder of the Fyre Festival, was sentenced to six years in prison. Oh, and he also faces a $26 million penalty.
Source: vice.com
But why? How could a seemingly harmless musical festival end up in such a disaster? Well, there isn’t one simple answer. The truth is that it was the result of a string of unfortunate events, events mainly caused by McFarland’s lack of knowledge of what it really takes to produce a festival. That and the failure to recognize failure when you see one.
Take it from some of the people who were there…