Inspiring Movies That Every Entrepreneur Must See

Movies have touched on every aspect of human life; naturally movies with entrepreneurial stories have inspired countless entrepreneurs. Amongst the thousands of movies there have been a few outstanding movies that have and will continue to enthuse all you start up guys with whacky ideas eager to prove yourselves. In the modern context, the most inspiring would naturally cover the world of netizens.

Starting with the personal computer world, the 1999 movie ‘Pirates of Silicon Valley’ charts the epic journey of famous Microsoft founder Bill Gates and the story of Apple and its co founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak and their rivalry for supremacy in the personal computer world. They are intense and totally devoted to their visions, willing to take risks.

The Social Network (2010) emphasizes that anyone can make it and is the story of the startup fantasy and meteoric rise of young Mark Zuckerberg and his social network Facebook.com. The point is that Zuckerberg is painted out to be the villain; one should appreciate his willingness to take risks, cut out his co founder Eduardo Saverin as he was stalling the growth of their company. The rest is history and Facebook is a resounding success. If you believe in something passionately dare to be different and achieve your goal.

Moneyball (2011) is the story of how cash strapped Oakland A’s general manager, Billy Beane manages to create a winning team from a bunch of average players. Beane picks players based on statistics and moulds these square pegs into round holes. Entrepreneurs almost always have to work with limited resources. The movie encourages you to think out of the box for innovative alternate solutions to deal with the competition and also highlights the importance of human relations.

The Startup Kids (2012) documents the ideas, stories with interviews of young web entrepreneur in Europe and USA, like founders of Soundcloud, Vimeo, Dropbox, Kiip etc. sharing their motivating start up stories.

Slumdog Millionaire (2008) tells the trials and tribulations of a Mumbai slum teenager with no education but a keen observant mind and the burning desire to rise above his circumstances winning against all odds the Game show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati (Who will become a Millionaire). This personal tale of courage and fortitude should inspire entrepreneurs not to give up.

More than the financial or social success, it is the personal stories of fortitude and belief that convert every obstacle into an opportunity for further growth that will inspire entrepreneurs.

Republished with Permission from Everything Small Business Journal – http://esbjournal.com.