An entrepreneur is a person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture (www.dictionary.com). Even though this is the definition of an entrepreneur, there are also many other attributes that are missing. As an entrepreneur you must have a wide variety of traits which can not only help you in creating ideas but improve them as well. Risk taking and leadership are only a few of the many characteristics you should possess. However, the one trait that is a necessity in anything you do is passion. Without it not only will you become bored with your work, but you will have less of a chance of becoming successful. One film that shows this passion and dedication is "Men of Honor" starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Robert …show more content…
In a final twist of fate, the men threw down Carl's tool bag but not before slashing a hole in the side allowing all the tools and supplies to sink separately. Most men would have given up but Carl persevered. Finding every piece and working slowly Carl remained under water while every other diver surfaced. The top navy commander gave orders to Sunday to make sure Carl didn't get back up until he stopped moving. Sunday was unable to follow these orders and worked on motivating Carl to surface. Carl was determined to finish the task and refused to leave until it was done. He didn't say he couldn't finish and he never once complained about the unfair situation. Instead, he stayed put until the task at hand was complete. Nine hours later Carl appeared, shaking and slightly blue. He climbed out of the water, but not before showing the group, that had gathered, his completion of the project. Thus, making Carl an official Navy Diver.
Soon after, Carl graduated diving school. He began receiving jobs on navel ships. While away, on mission, he left his wife, Jo, and their son behind. Carl never had many problems with diving. However on one mission, Carl had to find a bomb that was in the ocean from an old attack. While on the ocean floor a Russian submarine began to approach. Carl barely made it away from the submarine. Through the dust, Carl saw what the submarine had uncovered; the bomb. Once Carl surfaced he was immediately deemed a hero and everyone was extremely joyful.
Captain Edward Smith stayed on the boat while it was sinking. He was an English naval reserve officer. He
Entrepreneurs are the people who are not afraid of taking chances though knowing that the chances might be bad, but nonetheless they are always positive and hope for the best. The risks they take are well calculated so that when it succeed, it brings good results.
The crew consisted of the injured captain, a cook, Billie the oiler and Crane the correspondent. Sadly not all the crewmembers survive these excruciating hours in the sea with no food, warmth, and only a jug of water. It was shocking to hear that Billie does not make it ashore, especially after working so hard to get them there. Billie would take turns with the correspondent rowing the boat with very little sleep “They sat together in the same seat, and each rowed an oar. Then the oiler
were lacking equipment. When the ship sunk, they all gathered up on the emergency boat and
The Green Hornet crashed into the Pacific, leaving only three crew members alive: Louie, Mac, and Phil. Resurfacing, Louie quickly evaluated his situation and took action: “Louie saw one of the rafts bobbing one the water... he swam for the raft”(131). Bravely, Louie knowing sharks would coming toward the crash: nevertheless he did what he had to do to save the group of survivors. Surprisingly Louie notices something; that their raft was floating into enemy water.
After days of being out at sea a storm started up. Lightning struck the boat, but everyone was okay. It had seemed like a long night, while the boat shook back and forth from the storm. Ben tried to fall asleep for hours and finally was able to.
submarine. The ship sank in twelve minutes. Over the course of five days and four nights many
Entrepreneurs, individuals who come up with an plan in means of profit while knowing the risks that comes along. however, in adam smith time(1723-1790), the definition of an entrepreneur was different it was an “ individual purusing his or her own good to achieve the best good for all”. Those individuals led by the “invisible hand” would provide
At the age of twenty-four, John joined the Navy. He was stationed in the South Pacific during his whole time in the Navy. Towards the end of his journey in the Navy, John’s Boat was attacked by a Japanese
Slowly the Chinese government assembled everyone in the mountain and presented a seminar on what was to happen. They were taught how to drive and control the ship if anything bad happened everyone was also shown two buttons on the driving panel. One, the green one, brought the sub back for restocking and other important things. The second one, the red one, took the sub to D-day underwater city. This city would be able to keep them all well feed and happy for up to 340 years, 10 years longer than it take for a nuclear blast zone to be safe again. Jon was put on this sub and they submerged for 1 year. When they came back up Jon checked in with the White House but they did not respond for a
The sun broke the horizon at 7:03 and brought an orange tint to the skies in eastern Hawaii. On the other side of the island, Lieutenant Commander Ryan was asleep in his barracks along with his fellow pilots. Unaware about what was going to happen in about 52 minutes Ryan knew he had a boat inspection scheduled at 8 a.m. on the battleship Oklahoma later that morning. Ryan scheduled his alarm for 7:20 a.m. so he could awake early and make it to Pearl Harbor for his appointment. Meanwhile on battleship Oklahoma the sailors had opened the portholes and water tight hatches so that the Oklahoma would air out for a fresher inspection for Lieutenant Ryan. It was now 7:32 and Lieutenant Ryan was on his way to base Pearl Harbor for the boat inspection, while driving through the county of Honolulu Lieutenant Ryan decided to stop and grab a quick coffee from the local diner.
His acts of heroism are acted out several times throughout the film. Of course, he also had his boat captain and a marine biologist along for the wild ride. This plays out to be a team-like environment, in which they contributed their different individual strengths towards the common goal; hunting down the massive man-eating shark.
An entrepreneur is defined as a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so. Perhaps one of the most successful and admired entrepreneurs to this day is Oprah Winfrey. From TV-shows to movies, magazines, and books, she has managed to conquer it all and become one of the most well-known and powerful people in the entertainment industry.
That night on the Rainbow Warrior, there had been a birthday celebration, people on board the vessel for this celebration was several crew members and some locals. At around 11.30 at night, members had been asleep in their cabins, while the others had either left the ship or were up talking over strategies and plans. Underwater charges had been placed on her hull by French agents who dived underwater, blowing two holes in the ship. The Rainbow Warrior had sunk almost immediately. The crew all managed to escape, except a photographer named Fernando Pereira, who drowned with the boat.
Men or Honor is a movie which offers the viewer a great deal of emotion. Even though I previously watch the movie some years before, I felt this would be the perfect movie based on our studies. Carl, the main actor in the movie was determined to succeed in life. Because of his father’s confidence and determination, Carl wanted a better life. Society consistently provides roadblocks for everyone even those with some type of disability.