Movies That Inspire Every Entrepreneur. Inspiration can be found anywhere and everywhere. Hope you do watch these movies. Links provided for Amazon.com
4. Credits: Respective Owners
The social network:
(2010; Directed by David Fincher ;Jesse
Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake)
Topics covered: idea, capital rising, team
work, capital raising, growth management,
relationship, entrepreneurship skills, ,
management skills.
5. Credits: Respective Owners
Startup.com:
(2001; Directed by Chris Hegedus and Jehane
Noujaim; KaleilIsazaTuzman, Tom Herman, Kenneth
Austin,)
Topics covered: Finance for entrepreneurs,
capital raising, growth management,
entrepreneurship skills, team building,
management skills.
6. Credits: Respective Owners
In the Pursuit of Happyness:
(2006; Directed by Gabriele Muccino; Will Smith)
topics covered: Never give up, Hard work ,
dreams, Time management, entrepreneurship
skills, faith, management skills. Difficult
times
7. Credits: Respective Owners
Catch Me If You Can:
(2002; Directed by Steven Spielberg; Leonardo
DiCaprio, Tom Hanks)
Topics covered: Entrepreneurship skills,
creativity and innovation, perseverance,
business vision, personal sales techniques,
entrepreneurial funding sources.
8. Credits: Respective Owners
Lord Of War:
(2005; Directed by Andrew Niccol; Nicolas Cage,
Bridget Moynahan, Jared Leto,)
Topics covered: Entrepreneurship skills,
emerging markets, creative problem solving,
crisis management, negotiation techniques,
building customer loyalty, competitive
strategies, geopolitics.
10. Credits: Respective Owners
Wall Street:
(1987; Directed by Oliver Stone; Charlie Sheen,
Michael Douglas,).
Topics covered: Corporate finance, portfolio
management, capital markets, investment law
principles, mergers and acquisitions, company
valuations, business ethics.
11. Credits: Respective Owners
Rogue Trader:
(1999; Directed by James Dearden; Ewan
McGregor, Anna Friel, Yves Beneyton)
Topics covered: Derivatives, corporate
valuation, financial reporting, capital
markets, emerging markets, business ethics.
13. Credits: Respective Owners
The Office – v.UK:
(2001; Rick Directed by Gervais and Stephen
Merchant; Rick Gervais, Martin Freeman,
Mackenzie Crook,).
Topics covered: Personnel management,
recruitment, crisis, empowerment & delegation,
employee appraisals, corporate culture, multi-
team integration, sexual harassment,
14. Credits: Respective Owners
Twelve Angry Men :
(1957; Directed by Sidney Lumet; Henry Fonda,
Edward Binns, Lee J. Cobb,)
Topics covered: Negotiations techniques,
persuasion methods, conflict resolution,
consensus building.
15. Credits: Respective Owners
Office Space:
(1999; Directed by Mike Judge; Ron Livingston,
Jennifer Aniston, David Herman, Gary Cole,)
Topics covered: Corporate culture, mentoring,
career development, leadership, work-life
balance, personnel retention, team-building
techniques, management of information
technology
17. Credits: Respective Owners
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room :
(2005; Directed by Alex Elkind; Peter Coyote as
Narrator)
Topics covered: Accounting reporting (basic,
advanced and innovative), consolidation of
reports, off-shore diversification, off-
balance sheet accounting, agency problem,
business ethics.
19. Credits: Respective Owners
How To Get Ahead In Advertising:
(1989; Directed by Bruce Robinson; Richard
Wilson, Rachel Ward,)
Topics covered: Marketing strategy,
advertising know-how, market segmentation,
branding.
20. Credits: Respective Owners
The Devil Wears Prada:
(2006; Directed by David Frankel; Meryl Streep,
Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt,)
Topics covered: Branding, sales techniques,
importance of print media, career development.
21. Credits: Respective Owners
Thank You For Smoking :
(2005; Directed by Jason Reitman; Aaron
Eckhart, J.K. Simmons, Robert Duvall,)
Topics covered: Public relations, marketing and
advertising campaigns, crisis management,
corporate communications, effective
negotiations skill.
22. Credits: Respective Owners
Glengarry Glen Ross :
(1992; Directed by James Foley; Al Pacino, Jack
Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey,)
Topics covered: Sales techniques, customer
relationship management, negotiations and deal
closings.
23. Credits: Respective Owners
Jerry Maguire :
(1996; Directed by Cameron Crowe; Tom Cruise,)
Topics covered: Sales techniques, customer
relationship management, value system, honesty,
believe, right choice, integrity
25. Credits: Respective Owners
The Merchant of Venice :
(2004; Directed by Michael Radford; Al Pacino,
Jeremy Irons,)
Topics covered: Contract negotiations,
mercantile law, risk assessment, business law
principles.
26. Credits: Respective Owners
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to
Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb :
(1964; Directed by Stanley Kibrick; Peter
Sellers, Geroge C. Scott, Sterling Hayden,)
Topics covered: International relations,
geopolitics, influence and leadership.
28. Credits: Respective Owners
Erin Brockovich :
(2000; Directed by Steven Soderbergh; Julia
Roberts, David Brisbin,)
Topics covered: Social responsibility,
sustainable business models.
29. Credits: Respective Owners
Rainmaker :
(1997; Directed by Francis Ford Coppola; Matt
Damon, Danny DeVito, et al) Topics covered:
Social responsibility, business ethics,
business law.