Startup.com
2001•R•1h 47m•6.7•Released
Documentary
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?
Director
Jehane Noujaim
Languages
English
Cast
Kaleil Isaza Tuzman
Self
Tom Herman
Self
Kenneth Austin
Self
Tricia Burke
Self
Roy Burston
Self
David Camp
Self
Dora Glottman
Self
Julian Herbstein
Self
Christina Ortez
Self
Jonathan Agus
Self
Chieh Cheung
Self
Sean Coar
Self
Ambika Conroy
Self
Patrick Cromer
Self
Jerry Greenberg
Self
Production
Producer
Chris Hegedus
Producer
D. A. Pennebaker
Producer
Edward Rugoff
Producer
Rebecca Marshall
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