It's Friday! Let's share the best movies and series for founders. Here is my TOP.
Nick from FirstHR
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š„ Silicon Valley
Follows the struggle of Richard Hendricks, a Silicon Valley engineer trying to build his own company called Pied Piper.
š„ The Pursuit of Happyness
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
š„ The Founder
The story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers' innovative fast food eatery, McDonald's, into the biggest restaurant business in the world, with a combination of ambition, persistence, and ruthlessness.
š„ Moneyball
Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.
š„ The Big Short
In 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the United States mortgage market. In their research, they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.
š„ Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
The roller-coaster ride of the upstart transportation company, embodying the highs and lows of Silicon Valley.
š„ The Dropout
TV series that chronicles Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' attempt to revolutionize the healthcare industry after dropping out of college and starting a technology company.
š„ WeCrashed
The greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world's most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible.
š„ The Playlist
How Swedish tech entrepreneur Daniel Ek and business partner Martin Lorentzon revolutionized the music industry through free and legal music streaming when they launched Spotify.
š„ The Social Network
As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business
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Kate Tyshchenko@kate_tyshchenko1
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I love "upstarts"; it's an Indian movie. really good one!
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@kate_tyshchenko1 Never heard of it, I'll check it out!
Oppenheimer is a great movie for entrepreneurs working on the edge.
Black mirror - for dystopian tech
@barada_sahu Agree!
Transcript LOL
The founder is amazing! Watched it like 3 times, very inspiring
Flipner AI
Theory of big bang ?
@alex_egorov Why not?!
Flipner AI
@nickanisimov Sure!
"Super Pumped" its like The Playlist (Spotify Company Story) just about the Company Uber, i really liked it
Serand
Stranger things
I find "Whiplash" highly inspiring, With all the hardship going through, the final Outcome is immensely Satisfying
Will try to watch them all. Thanks for the list!
I will add š„ Billions
@iren_ivashchinenko Sure! I forgot š
Unstuck
Watching "My Brilliant Friend" right now, and I find it's nuanced perspective about dedication/grit vs. luck/circumstances incredibly inspiring.
@maria_hagsten I'll look, thanks!
I can add to the list "The Imitation Game"
@katushkas Even I do agree with you. It's really a great movie.
@katushkas Great movie, I agree!