10 documentaries for entrepreneurs that you must see

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As entrepreneurs, we are all constantly looking for new strategies to grow our businesses. How many books have we read? How many hours have we spent reading long manuals that we could easily use as weapons of defense? Yes, we are tired of reading too. Fortunately, it is not the only way to extract ideas. Entertainment is a true source of wisdom. And that is why here we bring you 10 documentaries for entrepreneurs that you cannot miss.


Synopsis: This documentary tells the story of the creation, life and fall of GovWorks.com, a technology company created by two young entrepreneurs that disappeared, like many others, in the technology market crash of 2000. A film without a script or actors that simply follows the members of GovWorks.com during india number data their daily activities. Meetings with investors, staff selection, trips from one end of the country to the other, etc.

What will we learn? The film addresses key issues when it comes to starting a business, especially in the technology market. It is a reference for how not to do things, and why $50 million in funding does not necessarily mean success. By watching the film, we will realise which mistakes we should avoid.


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Steve Jobs: One Last Thing (2011)
Overview: A documentary about the life of Steve Jobs that was released just a month after his death. It presents a balanced look at the complex life of the founder of Apple, with interviews with Ross Perot, Dean Hovey (the designer of Apple's first mouse) and even an interview with Jobs himself shortly before he died.

What will we learn? Steve Jobs is the benchmark for entrepreneurship. He is bold, inspiring and brilliant. All entrepreneurs would like to have half of his creative and professional culture.


Freakonomics, The Movie (2010)
Synopsis: Six top-notch documentarians including Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) have brought Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner's best-selling book to the big screen . A story about incentive-based thinking.

What will we learn? Filmmakers weave short stories that aim to answer the question: What makes people do what they do? Will the possibility of a reward encourage students to improve their grades? The answers are surprising. If you understand the factors that motivate people to action, you may be able to motivate them to become your best customers.


She++ (2013)
Overview: She++ is a social entrepreneurial movement that empowers women who want to succeed in the tech industry. This short documentary, written and directed by (12 minutes) Ayna Agarwal and Ellora Israni, encourages society to move away from the male stereotype in the tech field.
What will we learn? A true inspiration for women who aspire to launch into the tech world. You will learn how diversity drives creativity and innovation.


WePopUp (2014)
Synopsis: Another short documentary, this time about the story of The Pop Up Agency, a project carried out by six Swedish students who travel the world challenging themselves and the creative industry. Their idea was to create a nomadic agency, without a specific location, that opens and closes projects to solve them within a time limit of 48 hours. They took the pop up concept and transferred it to the world of advertising and communication.

What will we learn? How to quickly build a client portfolio from scratch.



Synopsis: Inspiring stories of a banker, a farmer and a refugee from communist China. All of them successful entrepreneurs who had to fight adversity with innovation and creativity.

What will we learn? Sometimes we just need a little inspiration to keep going, although failure will always be there, we can learn from it.