SHINE: The Entrepreneur's Journey is a 26-minute short film produced by Biznik that reveals the elation, fears, dreams, and tears that accompany anyone on the entrepreneur's path. Through intimate interviews with entrepreneurs, experts, educators and celebrated researchers, the journey of entrepreneurship unfolds revealing the challenges, pitfalls, rewards and successes of self employment.
SHINE encourages you to ask yourself what kind of entrepreneur you are, and inspires you to think about what kind of entrepreneur you want to be.
Woven throughout the stories are pearls of wisdom that inspire conversation and discussion.
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"Figuring out you're an entrepreneur -- it's a lot like coming out of the closet." - Karrie Kohlhaas, Thoughtshot Consulting
"My father loaned me $10,000, and I ended up borrowing $10,000 from a bank, and that’s how it all started.” - Bruce Livingstone, Founder iStockphoto
"We should have a class within the entrepreneurship program on how to fail. Because chances are you’re going to fail the first time.” - Connie Bourassa-Shaw, Director Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, University of Washington Foster School of Business
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View the film in a social venue. Then break into small groups to discuss what it means to be an entrepreneur.
Share, conspire and network with fellow entrepreneurs who know what it means to go solo.
We provide the questions. You come prepared to get closer to your business and to your business community.
“The best part of being an entrepreneur is that I get to determine when I work. As long as it’s 24hrs a day”
Can you relate?