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SHINE is a collaborative film project produced by BIZNIK.com, an online networking community for micro business owners and solopreneurs. The project began on May 6, 2009 when 12 video crews and over 400 entrepreneurs gathered in Seattle’s largest film production studio to share why they work long hours, for low pay, facing great uncertainty.

The film combines compelling stories from the event, and interviews with academics, celebrated researchers (like Scott Shane author of Illusions of Entrepreneurship), and entrepreneurial superlatives (like Bruce Livingstone, founder of iStockphoto, acquired by Getty Images for $50M).

The result presents the larger story about entrepreneurship in an economy where 90 percent of all new jobs are created by small, entrepreneur-driven businesses.

View SHINE with an audience at a SHINE On event and discuss the themes with others who share the satisfaction of following your passion. The first SHINE On events are being held in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, St. Louis and Boston: biznik.com/SHINE/Shine_on.

*** Watch a trailer for Dan's new film, Beyond Naked, at kck.st/jHAPzi

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  • BRoskopp 1 year ago
    Good video
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  • Dan McComb plus 1 year ago
    That depends what you mean by "entrepreneur," BR. We like to think of entrepreneurs as people like Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, but the reality is far different. Most entrepreneurs are average people starting average businesses for one reason: they don't want to work for somebody else.
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  • Darrell Kirk 1 year ago
    Great job, Dan! Keep up the good work on all fronts!

    Don't forget your inspiring keynote during one of the filming of "Shine":

    vimeo.com/4582109
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  • Miguel A. Osorio plus 1 year ago
    Thanks for this video. I found it inspiring with how things are going staying afloat and surviving on ramen!
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  • Dan McComb plus 1 year ago
    Hi Darrell, yes thanks for shooting video of that speech - I still have it posted on my Biznik profile two years later. Hope you're doing great and shooting pretty.
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  • Dan McComb plus 1 year ago
    Miguel,
    Trader Joe's ramen is my preferred choice :-)
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  • DMc 1 year ago
    Fantastic Dan. I'm seeing this just as I'm starting yet another adventure in entrepreneurialism. Bravo!
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  • Dan McComb plus 1 year ago
    Thanks Daniel. Is your new adventure film related?
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  • Fabian Vercuiel 1 year ago
    This video made me happy
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  • Lynn Carolei 11 months ago
    Thank you for this video. What can I say...I've lived it..I understand it...I love it.
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  • Dan McComb plus 11 months ago
    Lynn, one of my goals in making this film was to create something that validates the experience of real entrepreneurs, rather than dangles the carrot that is so often held out by the mainstream media (which often equates VC funding with success). Glad it resonated for you.
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  • Daniel Bean plus 11 months ago
    Very very awesome documentary, Dan! Thanks for making this. I loved hearing the success and the failure stories, and seeing others who like me, hate working for someone else. And now...I'm the newest member of Biznik, as of a few seconds ago!

    I love to hate being an entrepreneur. I loathe the business aspects, and money, and selling myself, but I absolutely love making films and creating. But I know that there are other people out there that absolutely love dealing with the raw business aspects (and who probably would hate trying to make a video). So what I plan to do is go to some entrepreneur meetups, and find someone who can run my business for me, leaving me to focus on doing what I do best.
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  • Dan McComb plus 11 months ago
    Thank you Daniel. I'm guessing most entrepreneurs hate at least some part of their job. For me it's alway the accounting. Thank goodness some people like that, or my business would have failed a long time ago.
  • Daniel Bean plus 11 months ago
    I guess hate is a strong word, I should have said it's not my favorite part. Actually I enjoy studying books on business, but I'm not as good about putting them into practice! But for sure, I definitely prefer owning my own business as opposed to working for someone else.
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  • Chanelle Henry 10 months ago
    This was very inspiring to say the LEAST. I have always struggled with my starting journey of being an entrepreneur, and each day is a new journey. I really wish there was more of a collaborative community amongst the "new breed", and I seek to find a way to connect as believe we often feel alone like we are in our own bubbles floating to a similar pathway... I hope we can all come together very soon to not only help each other, but inspire each other to making the world a better place. (I think highly of the "new breed" if you couldn't tell...!!)
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  • Dan McComb plus 10 months ago
    Totally with you, Chanelle. Here's to collaboration.
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  • Maciej Sarna 8 months ago
    The film is somehow inspiring but the thing which is really making me feel uncomfortable is this the framing of most shots. It is too narrow, to close. I feel like I'm sitting on those people's faces. So the film has not enough breathing space. Was it made on purpose or somehow "just happened"?
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  • Dan McComb plus 8 months ago
    It's intentional. We were going for an intimate vibe. Entrepreneurs put themselves in their business to a far larger degree than employees do, and we wanted to convey that reality. Which can be a little uncomfortable.
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  • Bo Slott 8 months ago
    I am in the beginning of my journey as an entrepreneur and with that, I am trying to establish my reasons, my whys, and just get a grasp on my urge and my need to be an entrepreneur. This video has helped me understand and helped explain a lot of the feelings and emotions I have right now, a lot of which I didn't even know I had or that I couldn't put a finger on until now. I can't thank you enough for your great work, Dan! This is something that I will probably come back to many times in the future when the darkness grows too big and I can't remember why I have ventured away from the security of a j-o-b. I am thankful that you have provided such a helpful and useful resource.
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  • Dan McComb plus 8 months ago
    Thanks Bo. Best of luck to you in your entrepreneurial adventure!
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