The Best Start-up Stories Documentaries

Money & Business - 45 free documentaries about start-up stories.

Start with How a Bioworks Startup Is Trying To Reprogram the World (20 min, Bloomberg Originals), then Why Mark Cuban is Fed Up With Both Political Parties (23 min, Bloomberg Originals). All 45 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on start-up stories is Shoe Dog by Phil Knight.

• How a Bioworks Startup Is Trying To Reprogram the World (20 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• Why Mark Cuban is Fed Up With Both Political Parties | Working Capital (23 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• Can These Start-Ups Wow The Judges With Their Business Plans? - Part 6 | The Big Spark (46 min, CNA Insider)
• The World's Grittiest Space Startup (23 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• Alexis Ohanian on Leaving Reddit and Launching the Formula 1 of Track | The Circuit (24 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• How to Hustle Like VC Legend Bill Gurley | The Circuit with Emily Chang (24 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• Twitter Founders on Musk’s Tumultuous Takeover | The Circuit (24 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• Which Start-Ups Will Make The Cut And Pitch To VCs For $1 Million? - Part 7 | The Big Spark (45 min, CNA Insider)
• Making a dye from scratch and coloring socks! (18 min, NileRed)
• Making sunscreen from scratch (23 min, NileRed)
• How to Build a Metro From Scratch (12 min, The B1M)
• Start-Ups Get Schooled, Learn Tips To Refine Their Pitches - Part 4 | The Big Spark (46 min, CNA Insider)
• Making Liquid Nitrogen From Scratch! (14 min, Veritasium)
• E-stonia - A startup country - VPRO documentary - 2015 (48 min, VPRO Documentary)
• 10 Minutes To Win The Judges Over: Founders Reveal Their Business Plan - Part 5 | The Big Spark (46 min, CNA Insider)
• Green start-ups - Saving the climate and securing prosperity: Is that possible? (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Virgin’s Fearless Founder | How Branson Built a Business Network That Changed Global Markets (24 min, Moconomy)
• Napster Co-Founder Sean Parker on Studio 1.0 (24 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• Sustainable business, rethinking growth - Founders Valley (1/3) (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Mongolia: between tradition and globalization - Founders Valley (1/10) (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Southeast Asia Start-Ups Vie For $1m In Seed Funding: Quick Pitch Round 1 - Part 1 | The Big Spark (46 min, CNA Insider)
• Digital solutions for decent lives - Founders Valley (1/3) (26 min, DW Documentary)
• India: the climate challenge - Founders Valley (10/10) (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Marc Lore on the Mets, Wonder and Building Startups | The Deal (46 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• Unleashing the potential of a young population - Founders Valley (3/3) (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Entrepreneur Tycoons | Migrant to Millionaire | How Crisis Sparked a Business Breakthrough (62 min, Moconomy)
• Bangladesh: worlds of work - Founders Valley (7/10) (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Indonesia: food for the future - Founders Valley (6/10) (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Safe cities for women - Founders Valley (5/5) (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Jeff Bezos From Garage Startup to Space Pioneer | The Amazon Effect (30 min, Moconomy)
• Female power & digital empowerment - Founders Valley (4/5) (26 min, DW Documentary)
• What is Good Business? (9 min, The School of Life)
• Hong Kong: urban visions - Founders Valley (2/10) (26 min, DW Documentary)
• A Search For Start-Ups With The Next Big Business Idea: Quick Pitch Round 2 - Part 2 | The Big Spark (46 min, CNA Insider)
• Malaysia: energize the world - Founders Valley (4/10) (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Taiwan: technology: promise or peril? - Founders Valley (3/10) (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Slack Founder Butterfield on AI, Software and the Tech Boom's End | Odd Lots (46 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• Will These Gen Zs Realise Their Dreams? | Meet The Zoomers - Part 4/4 (48 min, CNA Insider)
• Who Will Win? Start-Ups Pitch To VCs For $1 Million In Seed Funding - Part 8 | The Big Spark (45 min, CNA Insider)
• Which Start-Ups Will Make It Through To The Next Round? Quick Pitch Round 3 - Part 3 | The Big Spark (46 min, CNA Insider)
• Singapore: horizons of health - Founders Valley (5/10) (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Welcome to the startup jungle (21 min, The Economist)
• Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein & Mike Bloomberg Talk Small Businesses in America (52 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• Entrepreneur Tycoons | Migrant to Millionaire | How Crisis Sparked a Business Breakthrough | 4k (62 min, Moconomy)
• Climate Risks for Housing, Clinton's Small Business Plan & More on 'What'd You Miss?' (08/23/16) (59 min, Bloomberg Originals)

Top-Rated Books About Start-up Stories

1. Shoe Dog by Phil Knight (4.6/5) - View on Amazon
2. The Lean Startup by Eric Ries (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
3. Zero to One by Peter A. Thiel (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
4. The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz (3.8/5) - View on Amazon