How to make money selling drugs (2012), followed by Narconomics: How To Run a Drug Cartel book.
Ask HN: What movie about entrepreneurship would you recommend?
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#12"Silicon Valley". It's not a movie, but a documentary TV series about startup scene in '00 ;)
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#13Is rolling the million-sided dice to win unicorn treats from VC/PE really even about “entrepreneurship”?
These are:
- Chef
- Big Night
- Joy
- Jerry Maguire
- The Founder
- Spare Parts (arguably)
- The one about the guy who invented intermittent windshield wipers and spent his whole life suing the megacorp that stole his ideaRe: Ask HN: What movie about entrepreneurship would you recommend?
#14"Breaking Bad". Not a movie but series.
Replace drug with any other product and the ingenuity of Walter White to scale the operations, hiring people, shifting operations to different locations, responding to competition makes it interesting.
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#15The Founder. Not a movie but Halt and Catch Fire was really great.
The Founder really shows the sort of relentless idea-filtering and -selection process an entrepreneur has to commit to. Could he have been a bit nicer? Probably not a high correlation for the personality type that’s comfortable with culling.
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#16"Straight Outta Compton" (2015).
Re: Ask HN: What movie about entrepreneurship would you recommend?
#17Is rolling the million-sided dice to win unicorn treats from VC/PE really even about “entrepreneurship”? These are: - Chef - Big Night - Joy - Jerry Maguire - The Founder - Spare Parts (arguably) - The one about the guy who invented intermittent windshield wipers and spent his whole life suing the megacorp that stole his idea
I really like this list. I would only add:
- Indie game: the movie
- Moneyball
Re: Ask HN: What movie about entrepreneurship would you recommend?
#18Is rolling the million-sided dice to win unicorn treats from VC/PE really even about “entrepreneurship”? These are: - Chef - Big Night - Joy - Jerry Maguire - The Founder - Spare Parts (arguably) - The one about the guy who invented intermittent windshield wipers and spent his whole life suing the megacorp that stole his idea
I really like this list. I would only add: - Indie game: the movie - Moneyball
IG:TM is a controversial choice! It is generally considered very cherry-picked and sets an unrealistic view of the indie game market. It's a fun, feel-good movie no doubt, but I wouldn't recommend treating it as anything more than entertainment.
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#19Antitrust from 2001, its about Github.
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#20"Breaking Bad". Not a movie but series. Replace drug with any other product and the ingenuity of Walter White to scale the operations, hiring people, shifting operations to different locations, responding to competition makes it interesting.
"Top Boy" qualifies as well in that respect (a new, and quite likely final, season has just been released). While not exactly as well-known as "Breaking Bad", it not only offers an insightful perspective on the drug trade itself but also on a specific London subculture.
Fundamentally, that show is about business and entrepreneurship. Sure, the industry might seem more than just a little shady and its methods often are ruthless, but basic business principles still apply (to quote one of the main characters: "Buy cheap, sell dear.").