Startup.com review

Startup.com is a 2001 movie that captures birth and failure of a new media company govWorks.com. It is a documentary movie, so all the scenes are taken from real life. There are success and happy moments as well as betrayal and failure. Lots of emotions because when you watch it, you realize that they are not actors, and everything happened in real life. This is the source of the great value of this movie. It provides a glance into a company from behind the scenes. I wonder how they could capture such crucial moment that are shown on the screen. This is a great work - capturing real life as it is without being able to edit the scenario.

Not only it is fascinating, it provides a source of true information about successes and failures of a startup company, a true story, real emotions, and real everything. One can analyze the reasons of the failure and take a lesson for his/her starting company.

The idea from the very beginning was really good. Why did it fail? In my opinion, the team did not work out together. They began to split and therefore the whole business failed. Another great factor in their failure was the corporate espionage. Someone stole their information and used it against them. Kaleil should have been more cautious and think ahead of such things and take measures to prevent it. Instead, the company began to fall apart from inside. Kaleil did not find the right people to work with. The whole success depends on who you choose to work with. Instead of focusing on the company and security, they had to deal with their interpersonal problems. Also, Kaleil looks to be lacking experience in managing human resources. He is too naive and self-confident.