Born for Business
By Ashley Moulton,
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Reality series features entrepreneurs with disabilities.
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What's the Story?
BORN FOR BUSINESS follows the ups and downs of four entrepreneurs as they try to grow their businesses throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition to the usual challenges faced by small business owners, the four entrepreneurs are also each living with a disability. Qiana has Lupus and owns a successful plus-size clothing boutique. Collette has Down Syndrome and runs a cookie bakery. Chris is a wheelchair user with SMA-III who owns music venues and promotes concerts. Lexi has a severe anxiety disorder and runs an online clothing business. The show follows the entrepreneurs as they make tough decisions, try to grow their businesses, and then contend with the business effects of the pandemic. Along the way, they talk about how their disabilities affect their lives and sometimes their entrepreneurial dreams.
Is It Any Good?
This is a sneakily good reality show that teens will enjoy; there's enough drama inherent in the entrepreneurs' journeys that the ups and downs don't seem manufactured by reality show producers. By and large, everyone on Born for Business is kind-hearted and even keeled. Unlike shows like Shark Tank which only offer a snapshot into running a business, the show follows the CEOs over a longer period of time and gives a more complete picture of what it's really like. The four main characters talk very openly about their experience with disability, but it's only part of their story. They are shown to be full humans with flaws and virtues, not just people with disabilities. Teens who don't know anyone with these four disabilities will likely learn about how they can affect a person, but also what is possible to achieve while having these disabilities.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about starting a business. Do you think you would have the courage to go out on a limb and begin your own company? What would your company do?
The people in this series demonstrate a ton of perseverance, both as entrepreneurs and people who experience mental and/or physical challenges in their lives. Can you think of a time when you really wanted to quit but you kept going anyway?
Did this show give you any new insights? Did anything about the entrepreneurs' lives surprise you?
TV Details
- Premiere date: August 23, 2021
- Network: Peacock
- Genre: Reality TV
- Character Strengths: Courage , Perseverance
- TV rating: TV-14
- Last updated: September 15, 2021
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