Startup.com

Startup.com was a film we watched in class last week. It focuses on the Internet revolution and the rise and fall of an Internet start-up company. Unfortunately, in this movie, it is based around the failed dotcom govworks.com. Although after raising tens of millions of dollars for the website only to fail, the failure helped to create and mold new ideas for other sites. These mistakes became a lesson on how to create a good site. The documentary follows Kaleil Isaza Tuzman and Tom Herman, two friends that from a young age wanted to start a site together. The strain and pressure the company causes on everyone involved soon begins to ruin the friendship of both Tuzman and Herman. According to https://www.rogerebert.com, "There are setbacks. The govWorks office is broken into. Files are stolen. But that's not as big a problem as the disappointing software, and then comes the dot-com meltdown that dries up funds just when the site is turning the corner." As someone who loves documentaries, I found this one especially interesting and relevant to out class and would watch it again!