Startup.com

Startup.com

Infobox Film
name = Startup.com


caption = Promotional poster for "Startup.com"
director = Jehane Noujaim
Chris Hegedus
producer = D.A. Pennebaker
Chris Hegedus
Rebecca Marshall
Jehane Noujaim
Frazer Pennebaker
Edward Rugoff
cinematography = Jehane Noujaim
editing = Chris Hegedus
Jehane Noujaim
Erez Laufer
distributor = Artisan Entertainment
released = flagicon|United States January 21, 2001 (Sundance Film Festival)
May 25, 2001 (wide)
flagicon|Australia August 30, 2001
flagicon|UK September 7, 2001
runtime = 107 min.
country = U.S.A.
language = English
website =http://www.startuplapelicula.com/ (Spanish)
amg_id = 1:237159
imdb_id = 0256408

"Startup.com" is a 2001 documentary film that chronicles the dot-com start-up phenomenon and its eventual end. The film follows e-commerce website govWorks.com and its founders Kaleil Isaza Tuzman and Tom Herman from 1999-2000 as the Internet bubble was bursting.

Production

The film was made by Egyptian-American filmmaker Jehane Noujaim and Chris Hegedus. Noujaim had been Kaleil Tuzman's Harvard classmate and began filming Tuzman as he quit his job to begin govWorks with his high school friend Tom Herman. Noujaim contacted Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker for help in financing the project. The film was distributed by Artisan Entertainment (which was later acquired by Lions Gate Entertainment).

The film was shot in digital video. The filmmakers shot for over two years, and were editing the more than 400 hours of video and film right up to their Sundance Film Festival premiere in early 2001. They re-edited the last few minutes of the film just prior to its May 2001 theatrical release.

Since the release of the film, Tom Herman and Kaleil Isaza Tuzman have worked together at Recognition Group and JumpTV.com. [ [http://www.publicdatasystems.com/govworks.html Tom Herman's web page on GovWorks.com] ] [ [http://www.kitcapital.com/about_us.php?sub=2 Recognition Group/KIT Capital team biographies] ]

govWorks.com

The company profiled in the film, govWorks.com, was founded in 1998. The firm, originally known as Public Data Systems, produced software to help government clients track contracts and purchasing functions. As the internet boom accelerated, the company transitioned toward becoming an Internet portal. In January 2001, Tuzman and his investors sold the company to First Data Corporation.

According to public statements by govWorks.com co-founder Tom Herman, the sale resulted in a loss for the founders and investors. The company had burned through approximately $60 million in venture capital during its three years of existence.

The founders had no financial interest in the film.

ee also

* e-Dreams
* Startup company
* Venture capital

References

* [http://www.windsormountain.org/pds/pres_exrpt.pdf Tom Herman's "Lessons Learned"]

External links

* [http://www.startuplapelicula.com/ Official "Startup.com" website]
*
* [http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/startupcom/ Metacritic review collection]
* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/startupcom/ Rotten Tomatoes review collection]
* [http://www.kaleil.com/ Kaleil Isaza's official website]
* [http://www.PublicDataSystems.com/ Tom Herman's website]
* [http://www.charlierose.com/guests/kaleil-tuzman Charlie Rose interview of Kaleil Tuzman]


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