About the Film
Budget: $3500
Shot with: One Camera & No Crew
Shot in: Massachusetts, Rhode Island & North Carolina
Pre Production: May & June 2008
Production: July & August 2008
Post Production: September, October, November & December 2008
Director: 20 Years Old
Producer: 20 Years Old
Editors: 20 & 21 Years Old
Featuring:
A Harvard Business School’s Professor of the Year
A Business Week’s Top 25 Entrepreneur under 25
An INC.com’s Top 30 Entrepreneur under 30
A New York Times and Amazon.com Best selling author
A leadership consultant for companies such as Apple, Morgan Stanley, Coca-Cola, Target and Wal-Mart.
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Watch the exclusive interview with the director on "The Making of Work Your Way Up"
Plot Summary: Featuring 24 year old Entrepreneur, author, and CEO Ryan Allis, who has worked to build his company iContact from zero to over $15 million in annual sales, Work Your Way Up explores in depth what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. Work Your Way Up celebrates the spirit of the entrepreneur and the drive and passion they must have to build successful businesses. The film looks at the many factors that distinguish entrepreneurs, as well as the key reasons why many people do not pursue their dreams of owning their own business. Work Your Way Up has many life lessons for aspiring entrepreneurs given by the numerous highly successful and respected entrepreneurs featured in the film. The participants in the film use their seasoned knowledge, which they’ve gained from pursuing their own businesses to enlighten, inspire and educate all those involved in entrepreneurship. Work Your Way Up is a must have for any business owner, aspiring entrepreneur, or anyone who is looking to get ahead in life by using the vehicle of entrepreneurship.
A Letter from the Director, Producer and Co-Editor of Work Your Way Up
Dear Friend,
Hi my name is Patrick Sargent and this summer I spent $3500 out of my own pocket so I could create Work Your Way Up.
I think this film is that important.
I am twenty years old and I am an aspiring entrepreneur and filmmaker. I love making films, it is my passion and it is what I want to do for the rest of my life. I also love being an entrepreneur; and I know I will be an entrepreneur for the rest of my life.
Not only do I love to make films, I also love to watch films, and about eight months ago I was scouring the market for a film on entrepreneurship that was both educating and inspiring. After endless searching, I realized something……There wasn’t one. Sure, there were plenty of books, but there weren’t any films.
Now if you live an extremely hectic life, you might enjoy reading a great book, but you are faced with the harsh reality that, sometimes, there simply isn’t enough time in the day to sit down and enjoy a book……
At the time I finished writing my first screenplay, I realized that in order to produce it, I would need millions of dollars. It wasn’t going to happen.
But there was something I knew I could accomplish….I could create a documentary film on entrepreneurship. It was a film that needed to be made, and one I could afford to make.
It was going to be a challenge, but I thought to myself, at the least, it would be an excellent learning experience. I knew how important entrepreneurs are to the world we live in today, and I knew how important it was for a film like this to exist.
So at the end of my sophomore year of college I started my own production company called Work Your Way Up Productions and set out to make my first film, a documentary film on entrepreneurship which I ironically titled Work Your Way Up.
Work Your Way Up started as a dream with a vision. In order to fulfill a dream with a vision, you must make goals. I set many goals, but my ultimate goal was to create a commercially viable film for aspiring entrepreneurs that would educate and inspire them during their entrepreneurial journey.
Eight months later Work Your Way Up is now a reality. And to my great sense of fulfillment, I feel it is indeed an inspirational and educational film for all entrepreneurs. My sincere hope is that you will feel the same way.
Sincerely,
Patrick Sargent
Patrick Sargent
Director, Producer and Co-Editor of Work Your Way Up
