The Big Picture: Essential Biz Lessons from Movies

By Barry Ritholtz - January 13th, 2010, 9:06PM

Imagine my surprise when I come home to find a review copy of a book called: The Big Picture: Essential Business Lessons from the Movies by Kevin Coupe and Michael Sansolo arrived in the mail today!

The authors say they “show how to use the stories in movies to solve problems in business.” I’ve only skimmed it so far, but it looks like a run through the usual business maxims, only told via films — 6 sections, about 50 movies, ranging from The Godfather (Its business, not personal) to The Producers to Jaws.

Sounds like a fun. I may have to bring this one to the beach — it looks like good hammock reading!

UPDATE: Videos here

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Category: Bailouts, Books, Film.

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4 Responses to “The Big Picture: Essential Biz Lessons from Movies”

dss Says:
January 13th, 2010 at 9:52 pm
Business lessons from movies. It might be better than taking them from Wall Street.
DiggidyDan Says:
January 13th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
Scarface:
“You know what capitalism is? Getting FUCKED!”
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January 14th, 2010 at 3:09 am
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budhak0n Says:
March 5th, 2010 at 4:33 am
Mama always said “Life is like a box of chocolates”.

The Big Picture - Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Technology, and Digital Media