An entrepreneur tries to learn from everything, including movies. There are some movies that have really valuable lesson for budding entrepreneurs. Here are 7 top movies that every entrepreneur should watch. These movies can be a source of inspiration, motivation and introspection.

Schindler’s List

This movie is based on the true story about Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand Polish-Jewish refugees during then Holocaust by employing them in his factories. Schindler’s List is one of the most touching movies that you will ever watch.

Catch Me If You Can

This is a true story about the life of Frank Abagnale Jr. He was a normal guy who eventually got so driven by his dream to live the high life that he began to work as a conman. Abagnale posed as a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia doctor and Louisiana attorney and parish prosecutor – and also got away with all of it. His primary crime was cheque forgery, becoming so skillful that the FBI eventually turned to him for help in catching other cheque forgers. This movie can teach you how confidence in yourself can make things work for you. Abagnale also managed to turn his passion into an honourable profession in the end. Catch Me If You Can stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Abagnale and Tom Hanks.

The Greatest Game Ever Played

This movie is also taken from real life. The film proves that success is not only reserved for kids from well-off families. Outstanding success can be achieved by those who have the right mix of talent and determination. The Greatest Game Ever Played is the true story of the golfing legends Francis Ouimet and Harry Vardon.

The Pursuit of Happyness

Pursuit Of Happyness

The movie based on the real story of Chris Gardner is true inspiration. Will Smith acts as the lead. It is a story of how Chris creates a multi-million dollar brokering firm overcoming near bankruptcy.

Jerry Maguire

Jerry leaves his big money agency position to go out and start his own shop. But all that begins to crumble when he finds out that nothing ever goes as planned. This movie also teaches entrepreneurs a lot about loyalty – a must watch.

Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire

From a slumdog to a millionaire. Anything is possible is what Jamal, the protagonist tell you in this hugely successful movie. The attitude to have boundless optimism and the drive to create your own luck is finely portrayed in the film.

12 Angry Men

Twelve Angry Men

One man against 12 angry men in the room. This movie is a must watch to learn and educate yourself on the power of persuasion. The negotiation techniques made use in this movie by the protagonist are very impressive.

Have you watched any of these movies? Share your views with the Collegefallout community. Also, if you have any other movie suggestions to fellow entrepreneurs, let us know below.

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rarely have people gone onto achieve something outstandingly successful without inspiration and being self-motivated. All individuals have the capacity in them to earn what they desire but the first step does not come without inspiration. Fortunately, the internet being what it is today – you will find no lack of inspirational examples.

1) Look at hugely successful blogs that began around the same time you started blogging. This way you will find that people have achieved success in the same time frame as you. While you have remained mediocre, another blog has become successful in that time period. This should give you a jolt and your mind will immediately get to work as to where you are going wrong. Also, it will give you hope that your target is very much achievable. Normal people like you are earning hundreds of dollars from the internet.

2) Another way to find inspiration is to connect with successful people in your domain. You can connect with them through Twitter or Facebook. This way you can get a great daily update into the progress which they are making everyday. Also, through a more personalized medium like Facebook, you can also understand the personal qualities which make him successful. Such as, you may find out that for a particular blogger his socializing nature is getting huge rewards. On the other hand, another blogger may be successful because of his great focus on quality. The bottom line varies, connect with big-shots to see how they are among the best.

3) Break your targets into bit-sized pieces. In my experience where I have found a lot of inspiration and motivation when I have achieved targets – it may be big or small, that has never mattered.  So similarly, it is a great idea for you to set small achiveable targets and then complete them. It will give you great inspiration and momentum to continue setting higher and higher targets.

“Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.”

Five reasons to become a young entrepreneur. This post provides inspiration for young entrepreneurs. It will help you get motivated in taking the jump into entrepreneurship at a young age. Here are the reasons:

Experience failure:

The younger you experience failure, the sooner you learn. You are bound to face some setbacks when you begin a business or an entrepreneur journey. The point is to learn from them. If you begin young, you can avoid these costly mistakes later.

More Dynamic:

As a young entrepreneur you will be more dynamic in approach. Your decisions will naturally be a little more edgy and may appeal to many. With the high energy levels you have when you are young, it is possible to rapidly grow your start-up.

Industry Connections:

When you are a few years into your entrepreneur journey as a young entrepreneur you will realize that you have made a lot of connections and networks with people around you. This is very important for your business to succeed.

Liberty of choice:

Greatest advantage of becoming an entrepreneur is that you are responsible solely for making decisions. If the comptany is successful it is because of you and if it busts then you are to blame. It is great for youngsters who hate to sit in suffocating office rooms.

Faster Savings:

If you begin to start earning at a young age then naturally you will save at a much young age. In the long run, you will be more financially secure than most of your peers. Financial freedom will be something which you will definitely enjoy.

The world takes a very positive look at young entrepreneurs. More and more people are willing to invest in companies run by young entrepreneurs. It is important that you take leverage of this opportunity to grow and become successful. Milun Tesovic is perhaps the most awesome example for a young entrepreneur.

Hello Everybody.

This post is dedicated to all those young internet entrepreneurs who had the courage to make it happen for themselves. I began blogging almost 3 years back. It is amazing to see people who began their business on the internet for a few months and are now well-known millionaires. I hope the post below lets you become a better blogger. These are 10 young internet entrepreneurs who make millions per year.

Mark Zuckerberg - Mark is just 25-years old (at time of writing). He is the youngest and the top most internet entrepreneur in the world today. Mark is the founder of the second most visited website in the world – Facebook. With this he is the youngest billionaire in the world. He started Facebook while he was still in Harvard. It is amazing to know that Mark started Facebook in his messy dorm room on February 4, 2004 as a way for students, faculty and friends to connect. He got the idea for Facebook from his college and school days where a book with head shots of students used to published.

Kevin Rose

Kevin Rose – ‘Digg’ any posts lately. If yes, you have to thank Digg’s founder 29-year old Kevin Rose. While younger, Kevin worked as a breadstick maker at a popular restaurant. Kevin has perhaps paid a heavy price for Digg. He lost the ‘love of his life’ while founding Digg. He invested $6000 into the site, which was supposed to be for a deposit on a house for him and his girlfriend. As a result of this, their relationship broke down. Since then he has been quoted saying,

“no matter what happens with Digg, I won’t put business first again.”

Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington – The lawyer who started a blog. He is one of the most powerful guys on the internet right now. Once he was a lawyer and he left his job to become the founder of TechCrunch. TechCrunch is now an authority-blog. TechCrunch covers internet startups and latest in technology news serving over 1.5 million page views per month. Michael is 39-years old. He is one of the most powerful guys on the internet right now.

Bob Parsons

Bob Parsons – Almost everyone reading this post is connected to this man. Bob Parson is the founder of the flagship domain registrar GoDaddy. Parsons recounts that he was extremely weak at academics. He joined the US Marine Corps and claims otherwise he would not have graduated high-school. Bob Parsons is also a Vietnam war hero who got injured while serving as riflemen for Delta forces in Vietnam. This is what Parsons said about his childhood,

“I’ve earned everything I’ve ever received. Very little was given to me. I’ve been working as long as I can remember. Whether it was delivering or selling newspapers, pumping gas, working in construction or in a factory, I’ve always been making my own money.”

Arianna

Arianna Huffington- Is perhaps one of the most successful female Internet entrepreneurs ever and is the founder of the top blog in the world according to Technorati! She started the news-blog Huffingtonpost dot com. Her blog HuffingtonPost has become synonymous to a news website. She is greek American and speaks with a marked Greek accent.

Peter Thiel – Peter is the reason why you got the immediate payment from your sponsor the last time.  He and Max Levchin co-founded PayPal. There is yet to be a substitute to Paypal but none have been as effective. Thiel is also the investor who helped Zuckerberg kick things off with Facebook. I don’t know if you care but Thiel is gay. He is worth $1.3 billion.

Janus Friis- He is a Danish internet entrepreneur, who founded the popular telephony application Skype. Although in September 2005, he and his partner Niklas Zennström sold Skype to eBay for $2.6 billion. His hobbies and pass times include skydiving, pool, martial arts and winter sea bathing.

Evan Williams

Evan Williams – If you ever thought who on Earth could come up with a name such as Blog – then Evan is your man. He is responsible for popularizing the word ‘Blog’. Evan created the most popular blogging platform for newbies – Blogger. And yes, he is also the reason you “tweet” so much. Evan is the co-founder of the third most popular social network – Twitter. He is 37-years old, never too late huh?

Andrew Gower – Andrew became worth $650 million developing games. He is the founder of popular gaming site Runescape. He created Runescape in January 1999 as an undergraduate at the University of Cambridge. He used the assistance of brother Paul Gower. The Daily Telegraph also listed Andrew and Paul Gower as the 11th richest young entrepreneurs in the UK. Right now, he is 30-years old.

Milun Tesovic

Milun Tesovic – A young internet entrepreneur and an inspiration to all of us. Milun started Metrolyrics at 16 years old. His is a music website. Milun tells his story in his own words,

“When I was 15, I knew that after I got my driver’s license, I wanted a decent-looking car,” he said. “I had my own hosting company (on the Internet), and then I started analyzing where a lot of people go on the web. There were a lot of places where music and video games were available, but what I saw was music lyrics wasn’t that well represented.

So I made a quick script with my own code and started a database of music lyrics. … It cost $9 a month to buy up the domain.”

Although Metrolyrics receives over 36 million visitors monthly. Milun is still pursuing academics, he is doing BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration) in Entrepreneurship.

Wishing you all Success in your Blogging venture.

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