As an ailing economy reduces high-flying Internet companies around the country to bankruptcy, newcomer Jehane Noujaim, partnering with acclaimed documentary team Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker, takes a behind-the-scenes look at the volatile start-up phenomenon.
An intimate, behind-the-scenes view of the recent dot com mania, Startup.com follows the adventures of childhood friends, Kaleil Isaza Tuzman and Tom Herman as they create govWorks.com, an award winning website that lets citizens interact with their local governments.
Within a year, the two young entrepreneurs raise 60 million dollars, hire hundreds of employees and rub shoulders with President Clinton.
But, as the stock market tests the strength of their business, they wrestle with growing pains, tackle technical difficulties, charter the unpredictable venture capital waters and out smart copycat competition. But in the end, none of these challenges prepare Kaleil and Tom for their own conflict over the management of govworks.com, a conflict that will not only endanger their company and their jobs but irrevocably endanger their life long friendship. STARTUP.COM is a classic story about friendship and values at the dawn of the Internet Age.

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Startup.com, Jehane NOUJAIM, Égypte /USA, 1h48, 2001, Documentaire

Réalisation/Director : Jehane NOUJAIM