Entrepreneur.com put out a list today of 4 movies every entrepreneur should watch. It’s a good list so I am sharing it here as well.
1. Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview – This film is essentially just an hour an a half interview with Jobs, taped in the early 90’s shortly after he was fired as CEO of Apple. Whatever your opinion of the man may be, you can’t deny that he wound up being incredibly successful, and therefore his insights into running a business, especially in the early stages of its development, are very valuable. The film is a great place to get information since it is pretty much just a raw interview.
2. Tucker: The Man and His Dream – This movie is directed by Francis Ford Coppola and stars Jeff Bridges as an entrepreneurial car manufacturer in the 1940s. It is the only movie on the list that is not a documentary, but is based on a true story. Sometimes a narrative movie can be a bit more inspirational than a straight documentary, and this is the case with this one. It depicts the struggles that many entrepreneurs face, and the zeal one needs to overcome them.
3. Startup.com – This documentary shows the rise and fall of a failed web start up, so there is a lot to learn in it from their mistakes. All entrepreneurs make mistakes, but these were made on a very grand scale, so it sort of magnifies them.
4. Man on Wire – While not superficially related to business, Man on Wire does depict someone who has an underlying philosophy that might resonate with many entrepreneurs. Philippe Petit is driven and motivated by something internal that tells him to just do this thing that he wants to do despite obstacles and the difficulty of the task.