05/05/2017
It's been morbidly mesmerizing to watch the story of the doomed, ultra-pricey, Bahamas unfold. What an event production embarrassment for all! And such a lesson in investor and influencer due diligence. Just google "Fyre Festival Lessons Learned" and you'll find plenty of good reads as well as the original pitch deck of the newbie, would-be organizers, rapper Ja Rule and tech entrepreneur Brett McFarland.
I think my favorite insider view was that of the lofty-sounding William N. Finley IV (because of course he'd be going!) or on Twitter. Here are ten minutes from the non-event, during which Mr. Finley figures out the event has been canceled.
Event planning for anything, and especially for ultra-high-end, remote, infrastructure-less location festivals, is not to be taken lightly!
https://www.pscp.tv/w/1YqKDwvLzVYxV
Live from Fyre Festival.