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by Kaibeezy 993 days ago
Is 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
2 comments

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.
I saw so much suffering in that movie it never ocurred to me that it could be seen as a feel-good movie. The devs working on the game for 2-3 years while the life was collapsing around them. I found it cathartic but not a happy story.
> windshield wiper movie

Flash of Genius