2- The Intern

This movie is with Robert de Niro and Anne Hathaway (once again) and this time Anne Hathaway has a different role. She is the CEO of a fashion startup living the dream in New York City. She has a stay at home husband and struggles with work-life balance. Anyone who has a business can strongly relate with her character in terms of the passion that drives you everyday to never stop working. In this case, you relate with being a workaholic because you know what it feels to have your own business. But in the end, not building a work-life balance can lead to having family issues. The main character also has to struggle with having patience and working with an intern that is over 60 years old. He teaches her life lessons about formality, building talent and running a business, while she slowly becomes more down to Earth and values what she has in her present life.

3- We Crashed

Ok sorry for my obsession with Anne Hathaway, but this series available in Apple TV has all the exciting startup vibes to get inspired as an entrepreneur. In this case, Anne Hathaway (or Rebeca) stars as the wife of Adam (Jared Leto), founder of We Work. I don't love their personalities here, they are a little crazy, unorganized and spend most of the company's capital to foster the startup growth. Still, I wish there were more startup series on Netflix because I love learning about the history of how huge companies were born.

4- The Playlist

This mini-series is on Netflix and tells the story of how co founders Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon started Spotify, the Swedish music streaming app that is almost on every mobile device today. I love how this story tackles into the different perspectives of the key people that made the app and business possible because it outlines the difficulties and challenges of a fast-paced start up that had to revolutionize the music industry that was completely against music being free for people. It teaches us to be strict out about our standards (like Daniel was with his vision of the app hiring the top talent in the world to make Spotify what it is today) and it also teaches us why a successful company needs different key talent and systems to make everything happen.

5- Self made Madam CJ Walker

Sarah Breedlove, born on1867 and died on 1919 (played by Octavia Spencer) is a Netflix mini-series based on the true story of this African American woman who saw a business opportunity and turned into a millionaire. Her story is inspiring because it's about how she struggled with racism as Black entrepreneur who had hair growth problems. After she bought a product for hair growth from a peer Black entrepreneur, she proposed to partner with her and help her grow her business. This other person denied her offering and didn't want to be seen with Sarah because of her looks. This triggered a fierce competition between the two and made Sarah fight harder to make her dream business possible, and she did.

6- The Dropout

Based on a true story about the health company Theranos this mini-series is about Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried) a female "entrepreneur" who dropped out of Stanford to start her company. In contrast to the other movies or series I mentioned above, this one showcases the insane lies and unethical business practices that she was able to hide while her company raised $700 million from venture capitalists. It almost feels like a scary real life "Black Mirror" type of series where you won't believe how far a human being can go to pursue wealth, fame and money. The takeaway is how her empowerment, messaging and sales skills were able to take her lies so far.

7- The Greatest Showman

If you're into musicals and love the almost fairytale endings, this movie is a great watch. The music lyrics are very empowering and inspiring, and it showcases the story of how Hugh Jackman builds his circus business while handling his family and traveling around the world.

Watch these entrepreneur movies and series on repeat

I hope these movies inspire you to pursue your dream business and take the challenges, mistakes and learnings from each one to nurture your CEO mindset. Remember that building a business takes time, energy and effort. Make each day count.