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Startup.com (2001)
Best movie I have see in a while
If you like movies like Boiler Room, your going to love this movie!!! This movie has it all..it takes you through a personal journey of the founders of govworks to the ultimate demise during the Internet roller coaster of the 90's.
What makes this movie standout and better than other similar internet documentaries (i.e. e-Dreams) is that this actually includes some interesting drama and feels like you are watching reality TV at times. But what makes this better is that you have a quick business lesson going on in the background (i.e. venture capital, designing/testing the web site) The only negative is that I would of liked to see more of the techy stuff behind the scenes and if the scenes were a little better explained of what was going on (after watching it 2x, you will get most of it)..but I would of liked to know what really caused their demise or how much better and why was their competitor sites better?
E-Dreams (2001)
Not as good as startup.com
This was a decent movie, but like the other reviews mention the movie paints the founders in a great picture.
There is no confrontation or emotion shown by the characters. Even as their make mistakes with PR, IPO is pushed back, layoffs start or they even get demotted they are smiling and joking around like nothing happened and they don't take any of it seriously. You do get the feeling that they were just along for the ride. This movie also shows very little of the mood inside the company and the focus is mainly on the "good times" rather than the downfall.
I saw startup.com before seeing this movie and this movie disappoints compared to it. Startup.com shows a lot more the joys, pain of starting your own company. This just feels a little too polished and doesn't deliver in either entertainment or any business lessons you can take away.