But I also think it is a must-see movie for entrepreneurs because it highlights 4 critical keys to success in the business world.Ĥ Lessons for Entrepreneurs from The Revenant The Revenant was a fantastic movie, and should win best of the year.
So that brings me to the point of this article. Usually without the means to fund their journey (which would last for months, sometimes years, at a time), the most enterprising trappers would put together a team of other hunters, often gents with questionable and sometimes violent pasts, then pitch their plan to an investor, who would sometimes agree to fund the journey while being guaranteed a percentage of the haul. Entrepreneurial trappers would do extensive research, plan out a coordinated strategy to make their way west in order to bring back an epic haul of furs to be sold to other entrepreneurs, fur companies, and the wealthy. The fur trade’s structure had parallels to the startup and venture capital world today. These guys were as tough as they came and in many cases, ruthless and sinister. These trappers lived brutal lives, constantly flirting with death, be it from ambushes by Indians, the threat of starvation, sickness, predator attacks and hypothermia. The adventures of fur traders and trappers in the early-1800s was an exciting and extremely dangerous, yet seldom written about, era in our history. That’s why when this film came out, which is based on the legendary frontiersman Hugh Glass, I just had to see it…
They’re roamed by predators (wolves, cougars, grizzlies, wolverines and many more) they’re stunningly beautiful and have an unparalleled ability to make you feel very, very small… hiking in the Rockies is an exercise in perspective and humility as much as anything else. There’s something majestic about the Rockies – I have an infatuation with them. And it’s an area I hike in virtually every weekend (hence all the pictures on my Facebook page in the Rockies). More compelling, much of the movie was filmed in my backyard so to speak, Kananaskis Country as we like to call it – arguably the most rugged and unforgiving region of the Canadian Rockies. I first learned of the movie at the Calgary Stampede last July, when it was announced that a prominent chuck wagon rider was involved with training the horses for the film. I had been looking forward to watching The Revenant, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy, since the summer.
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