MY TOP 12 MOVIES ABOUT ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Watching movies is not regarded like an activity that can improve your skills and is seen by many as a waste of time, however there are movies that can be a real source of inspiration and motivation.
In today article I will present my top 10 movies that might be a source of inspiration for entrepreneurs. Despite it is not something that can guarantees you that will become entrepreneur 100 %. I made this ranking after I've seen those movies. Let's get started:

12  American Gangster 2007   produced by Ridley Scott with Denzel Washington and Russel Crowe

From the beginning you have to know that I not support criminality and other activities related to organize crime. This movie presents the evolution of Frank Lucas who smuggled heroin in US become one of the most important important drug dealer in US. This movie can be a source of inspiration for those who have entrepreneurship drive. Frank Lucas come  from poor black family and become one of the most important figure of New York organize crime.


11 Goodfellas 1990 produced by Martin Scorsese  with Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta and Joe Pesci

From the beginning you have to know that I not support criminality and other activities related to organize crime.  Classic movie about organize crime , this movie presents the rise and fall Henry Hill. This movie can be a perfect study case of how you can make money from scratch starting with smuggling and robbery.

10  The Godfather 1972 directed by Francis Ford Coppola with Marlon Brandon , Al Pacino and Robert Duvall

Voted one of the best movie all time. The story of this movie presents evolution of Corleone crime family. Al Pacino in Michael Corleone role can be a source of inspiration about leadership and negotiation.

9 The Social Network   2010  directed by David Fincher  with Jesse  Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake

Facebook is the most popular social media channel. Many people are using are present on it. The story of this movie presents the evolution of Facebook from the beginning to present.

8 Arbitrage 2012  directed by Nicholas Jarecki with Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon

Hedge Funds are managing billion $ , the story of this movie represent the life of Robert Miller (Richard Gere) a successful fund manager who was involved in many scams investment scheme activities.

7 Wolf of Wall Street 2014 directed by Martin Scorsesse with Leonardo Di, Jonah Hill

For many people Wall Street is regarded like a place, where money are flowing every day. The story of this film presents the evolution of Jordan Belfort a stoke broker in New York, who have created the brokerage company Stratton Oakmont.

6 The Count of Monte Cristo 2002  directed by Kevin Reynolds with Jim Caviezel and Guy Pearce

Having the base the novel " The Count of Monte Cristo" written by french novelist Alexandre Dumas this movie is one of my favorite movie. The key figure is Edmond Dantes ( Jim Caviezel) who was imprisoned for 13 years on Chateau d'if. This movie can be a good source of inspiration for entrepreneurs .  In the life of every entrepreneur betray is very common , people who you trust one day can betray you letting you alone.

5 Gold 2016  directed by Stephen Graham with Matthew McConaughey, Edgar Ramirez

Gold will always be in demand no matter of how economy will go. What entrepreneurs can learn from this movie?  Every entrepreneur dream to create a company and to have a successful IPO ( Initial Public Offer) .

4 The boy who harnessed the wind 2019 directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor

I found this movie very interesting, the main character on this movie is William Kamkwamba a boy in a poor african family . One of the problem of Africa that is facing is drought. Coming from a poor family William Kamkwamba was able to create an improvised system of irrigation system by using wind as power generator.

3 Nightcrawler 2014 directed by Dan Gilroy with Jake Gyllenhall, Rene Russo

Louis Bloom ( Jake Gyllenhall) a psychopath who record violent events than happen in the night in LA. The story of this movie is how to create a video recording company.

2 The Pursuit of Happyness 2006 directed by Gabriele Muccino with Will Smith, Thandie Newton and Jaden Smith

I 've seen this movie recently and I found it captivating. The life is tough if you want to achieve your goals you need to make sacrifices. Chris Gardner (Will Smith) a person who was straggling financial was able to create a portable bone density scanner from his savings and got a job as stoke broker.

1 The Shamshak Redemption 1994  directed by Frank Darabont  with Tim Robins , Morgan Freeman

This is by far the my best movie. The movie is the story of Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) a banker who was sentenced to life prison for the murder of his wife.

BAD BLOOD BY JOHN CARREYROU

Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

If I need to make a movie recommendation for Netflix ,  I will choose the story of Theranos startup. ( A story of Theranos in on HBO) .  For many of us Silicon Valley is considerate to be the Holy Land of entrepreneurship. Silicon Valley is the place where many successful companies were born. Companies like: Google, Apple, Facebook, Airbnb, Tesla are few examples. Silicon Valley is regarded like a place where the success is 100 % guaranteed but reality is completely different, what we see today is the top of the iceberg and the bottom of the iceberg unseen part , where the important thinks are happening. Those companies that I've enumerated are the results of many hours of work, failure, lies and intrigue.

A company that is fitting in this shape is Theranos a company founded by Elizabeth Holmes. Elizabeth Holmes was seen by many as Steve Jobs of women, a college dropout who was dreaming to become entrepreneur. Theranos a biotech company who have created a device that analyze blood samples. Few drops of blood are taking out from a subject and transfer it to plastic cartridge the size of the credit card. The cartridge would slot into a rectangular box the size of the toaster. The box was called reader . It extracted a data signal from the cartridge and beamed it wirelessly to a server that analyze the data and beamed back a result.  The technology on the paper was a breakthrough technology that unfortunately dose not work.

The story of Theranos include elements like:

• how to create a product that dosen't work
• hiring the wrong people
• doing things that are not in your area of competencies
• Firing important people and installing a regime of terror among employess
• Financial reports manipulation in hope to raise money
• Misleading investors and spending their money
• Treating employees to not make any disclosure 

The first person who made public Theranos practices was John Carreyrou the book author . With his work the Theranos scam  shows up and now Elizabeth Holmes is facing criminal charges.