Startup.com

Startup.com

This was a very interesting film that gave a behind the scenes look into the dot com bubble. The part that I liked most about the film was the very candid approach it took in looking into the lives of these three friends. It is a first hand narrative of their successes and failures. The film really takes you on a journey to see what it is like to start a company and get financing, and get it to market. 

One of the most fascinating aspects is the way the people seem to forget the camera is there. When Tom says candidly “We are co CEO’s ” I thought, “Oops did he really say that” then when he is confronted by Kalial about it he had no way to retract his statement. I knew at that moment that Tom needed to go. Another moment was the company retreat at Toms boyhood camp. This gave the impression that they were successful and moving forward, when in fact they had so much work to do. I think they could have succeeded if they had focused a lot more on the product and got someone who knew how to deliver. At the end I felt like Kaliel did his part but Tom failed miserably on his end. This ultimately doomed the company.

      I did not like that the product they were bringing to market got so little attention the office drama although entertaining gets old and one gets the impression that these people did not create anything. It would have been informative to learn a little more about the end of the company and what happened to it. After reflecting about this I think that I understand why it got so little attention there was probably so little of it.