Startup.com - Vom Aufstieg und Ende eines amerikanischen Traums
director:
Chris Hegedus
/
Jehane Noujaim
actor:
Kaleil Isaza Tuzman
/
Tom Herman
/
Kenneth Austin
/
Tricia Burke
/
Roy Burston
…
genre:
Documentary
region:
USA
language:
English
release date:
2001-01-21
(Release)
IMDb: tt0256408
overview
Friends since high school, 20-somethings Kaleil Isaza Tuzman and Tom Herman have an idea: a Web site for people to conduct business with municipal governments. This documentary tracks the rise and fall of govWorks.com from May of 1999 to December of 2000, and the trials the business brings to the relationship of these best friends. Kaleil raises the money, Tom's the technical chief. A third partner wants a buy out; girlfriends come and go; Tom's daughter needs attention. And always the need for cash and for improving the site. Venture capital comes in by the millions. Kaleil is on C-SPAN, CNN, and magazine covers. Will the business or the friendship crash first?