If you’re curious about entrepreneurship, this is a great short documentary to watch. It was produced by Biznik, an online networking community for micro business owners and solpreneurs. The project began on May 6, 2009 when 12 video crews and over 400 entrepreneurs gathered in Seattle’s largest film production studio to share why they work long hours, for low pay, facing great uncertainty.
The film combines compelling stories from the event, and interviews with academics, celebrated researchers (like Scott Shane author of Illusions of Entrepreneurship), and entrepreneurial superlatives (like Bruce Livingstone, founder of iStockphoto, acquired by Getty Images for $50M).
The result presents the larger story about entrepreneurship in an economy where 90 percent of all new jobs are created by small, entrepreneur-driven businesses.
Great documentary, if this inspires you enough to forget about the pitfalls which were clearly explained then surely you have the some of the character traits of an entrepreneur.
One aspect not covered was, when each individual made the jump…knowing you don’t like working for someone else long term is not good enough. Knowing when you have enough life and business experience to make the jump is the key, in my own little opinion.
Some day…