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This article presents a curated list of inspiring documentaries aimed at entrepreneurs and aspiring startup founders, emphasizing the value of learning from diverse stories and experiences. It highlights how these films can boost motivation and provide practical insights into creativity, perseverance, innovation, and the evolving business landscape.
Among the recommended documentaries is “Something Ventured,” which chronicles the pioneering venture capitalists who shaped America’s tech-driven economy. “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” showcases the power of relentless dedication and perfectionism through the story of a renowned sushi chef. “Print the Legend” examines the competitive world of 3D printing startups, emphasizing innovation from the ground up. The docuseries “Inside Bill’s Brain” offers an intimate look at Bill Gates’ problem-solving mindset. “The Creative Brain” explores the neuroscience behind creativity, while “American Factory,” an Oscar winner, reveals challenges faced by the modern workforce amid globalization and automation. Lastly, “Capital C” delves into the crowdfunding revolution, following entrepreneurs who leverage this new funding model to realize their dreams.
Together, these documentaries provide entrepreneurs with valuable lessons on risk-taking, hard work, creativity, and adapting to change, serving as both educational tools and sources of inspiration.
The desire to learn should be a constant in the life of every entrepreneur. Among the many tools to continue doing so and inspire us, we have a wide variety of documentaries.
Entrepreneurs and those who want to take the step of creating a startup can be very creative people, who do not need inspiration. But, whether you are of this type of person or not, knowing other realities and stories can be very useful. Besides, what better way to spend the long winter Sunday afternoons learning. For this reason, we bring a list of some of the best and most inspiring documentaries that help you keep your motivation high and not stop learning new things that can be very useful.
List of documentaries for entrepreneurs that we recommend:
Something ventured
This business and marketing documentary portrays some of the most successful and prolific venture capitalists of the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s, who risked money and status to invest in companies that no one else saw potential in. In a way, we can think of it as a kind of crash course in venture capital. Something Ventured laid the groundwork for America’s emerging economy, as this small group of people would fund nearly every major technological advancement in the past 50 years.
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
In this case, it’s one of the featured documentaries of 2011 about an acclaimed sushi chef who operates a three-Michelin-starred restaurant in Tokyo. As it could not be otherwise, their dishes are of the highest quality, but also a hefty price, starting at 30,000 yen (€250). Jiro, the protagonist, has been making the same sushi in more or less the same way for decades and his obsessive dedication has brought him closer to perfecting it. The film is a good reminder that
Print the legend
This award-winning, 90-minute Netflix original explores the innovative thinking behind 3D printing. On screen,
Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates
In this docuseries, Oscar-winning director David Guggenheim aims to find out what’s going on inside the mind of Microsoft’s founder. Throughout its episodes we get a glimpse into Microsoft’s childhood, education, growth, and family life from Gate, as he searches for unique solutions to some of the world’s most complex problems. From clean drinking water to nuclear power plants, Bill Gates is definitely changing the world.
The Creative Brain
Creativity is the soul of business and psychology and marketing documentaries are based on one premise: to encourage them to enhance our creativity. Neuroscientist, best-selling author, and entrepreneur David Eagleman meets with renowned professionals from across the creative spectrum to hear stories that inspire and demystify the creative process. In addition, it should be noted that the documentary is based on the book The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World, so if you are more of a reader than a viewer, you can also enjoy it while helping you better understand how the human brain works and how you can take advantage of that knowledge.
American Factory
Winner of the 2020 Oscar for Best Documentary. American Factory is among the documentaries with a revealing message about the new forms of global capitalism that the U.S. working class must confront. The story in a nutshell: A Chinese billionaire steps in to save victims of the decline of American manufacturing. Although viewers may see it as a tragicomic story of a culture shock, it’s actually the new reality. The usefulness of seeing it: to observe how the automation process is irreversible and that it will have important consequences on the jobs of the future,
Capital C
Dubbed as one of the “crowd revolution” documentaries, Capital C explores crowdfunding not only as a new way to raise money for businesses, but also as an opportunity for people to contribute and be a part of something they care about. The film itself is a product of this revolution, as it was funded through a Kickstarter campaign in 2015. Over a three-year period, the documentary follows the efforts of three entrepreneurs on their journey to turn their ideas into reality and change their lives. Therefore, if you want to learn how to work and develop a successful crowdfunding campaign, you should definitely not miss it.
We hope these documentaries for entrepreneurs inspire you!
