Top 10 Motivational Movie Characters for Entrepreneurs

Here is the list of our top 10 motivational movie characters of all time in no particular order. These characters have given us the fire power and truly an inspiration to all entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs.

1. Jordan Belfort - The Wolf of the Wall Street

This is truly a no brainer this character is at the first spot on our list. His sales tactics and charisma towards clients is truly an amazing thing to learn from. His knowledge in stock trading and marketing are his assets. 

Motivational Quote from Jordan Belfort on the movie The Wolf of the Wall Street:

See those little black boxes? They are called telephones. I’m gonna let you in on a little secret about these telephones. They’re not gonna dial themselves! Okay? Without you they’re just worthless hunk of plastic. Like a loaded M16 without a trained Marine to pull the trigger. And in the case of the telephone, it’s up to each and every one of you, my highly trained Strattonites, my killers. My killers who will not take no for an answer! My fucking warriors who’ll not hang up the phone, until their client either buys or fucking dies!

Let me tell you something. There is no nobility in poverty. I’ve been a rich man, and I’ve been poor man. And I choose rich every fucking time. Cause, At least as a rich man, when I have to face my problems, I show up in the back of a limo wearing a $2000 suit …and $40,000 gold fuckin’ watch!
Now, if anyone here thinks I’m superficial or materialistic. Go get a job at fucking McDonald’s, because that’s where you fucking belong!

But, before you depart this room full of winners, I want you to take a good look at the person next to you, go on. Because sometime in the not-so-distant future, you’re pullin’ up to a red light in your beat-up old fucking Pinto, and that person’s gonna pull up right alongside you in a brand new Porsche, with their beautiful wife by his side, whose got big voluptuous tits. And who will you be next to? Some disgusting wilder beast with three days of razor-stubble in a sleeveless moo-moo, crammed in next to you with a carload full of groceries from the fucking Price Club! That’s who you’re gonna be sitting next to.

So, you listen to me and you listen well. Are you behind, on your credit card bills? Good. Pick up the phone and start dialing. Is your landlord ready to evict you? Good. Pick up the phone and start dialing. Does your girlfriend think you’re a fucking loser? Good. Pick up the phone and start dialing! I want you to deal with your problems, by becoming rich! All you have to do today …is pick up that phone, and speak the words that I have taught you. And I’ll make you richer than the most powerful CEO of the United States of fucking America. I want you to go out there, and I want you to RAM Steve Madden stock down your clients’ throats. Till they fucking choke on it till they choke on it and buy 100,000 shares! That’s what I want you to do.

You’ll be ferocious! You’ll be relentless! You’ll be telephone fucking terrorists! Now, let’s knock this Motherfucker out of the park!

  2. Ray Kroc - The Founder (2016)

 The man that revolutionized McDonald's into a world's largest fast food chain is an aggressive type of businessman in the name of Mr. Ray Kroc this guy has risked his financial security even mortgaged his house for a capital on one of his first McDonald's branch. You can learn a lot from his perseverance and never say die attitude which made McDonald's as the largest food chain in the world and himself a billionaire.

3. Ben Affleck - Boiler Room (2000)

  A senior broker at J.T. Marlin firm at the movie his introductory speech for the newbie brokers is worth listening to he inspired the newbie brokers to work their asses of to become successful like him.

4. Mark Zuckerberg - The Social Network 

The college student who dropped out of Harvard University is truly a coding genius he founded Facebook at the comfort of his own dormitory in Harvard together with his friends. Today he is one of the youngest billionaires in the world together with his friend Dustin Moskovitz which is also a co-founder of Facebook.

 Best motivational quote from the movie? 

"So you know that money isn't a big part of my life, but at the moment I could buy Mt. Auburn Street, take the Phoenix Club, and turn it into my ping-pong room"

5. Howard Hughes - The Aviator (2004)

  The businessman who has risked everything for perfection and to reach his main dream which is to fly despite of his illness he proved that there is no hindrance for a man to become successful if you are determined to reach the goal no matter what.

6. Steve Jobs - Jobs (2013)

Based on a true to life story of the founder of Apple Inc. His life as full of ups and downs but managed to stay on top despite of obstacles in his life like being removed from his company.

7. Evan - The Watch (2012)

Although this movie is not related to entrepreneurship. The character of Evan which is portrayed by Ben Stiller is really worth looking at because of his can do attitude and his eagerness to find the culprit of the killings on their place which is done by an alien invasion. A good example of a leader.

8. Seth Davis - Boiler Room (2000)

The main character on the movie "Boiler Room" this guy got skills in sales which you can mimic although selling crappy stocks is not a good idea however you can just learn from his sales talk and tactics.

9. Bartleby Gaines - Accepted (2006)

The main character on the movie Accepted, Justin Long as Bartleby is a highschool graduate that has a can do attitude which tried to enter almost all of the universities/colleges on their area unfortunately did not got accepted at all, created a fake college for him to present something to his parents but events became unpredictable when the fake college he created became a real life college and a lot of students whom did not accepted on the universities entered his college and he became a founder of his own college and stood up for their rights.

10. Peter La Fleur - Dodgeball: The True Underdog Story (2004)

The main character portrayed by Vince Vaughn is an owner of a small business which is a fitness center however things got rough when his nemesis White Goodman portrayed by Ben Stiller opened a huge and extravagant fitness center near Peter's fitness center and is trying to bought his fitness center too to become a parking space for his fitness center. However he managed to defeat White Goodman with determination and through the help of his loyal customers.