Startup.com

Reflecting off of the documentary of Startup.com from 2001, the documentary was mainly about the rise and fall of govworks.com. There were three people that mainly started off with the company, mainly Kaleil Tuzman and Tom Herman, however there was another person that worked there that also played a part in the company. During the beginning of the documentary, both Kaleil Tuzman and Tom Herman were in the midst of brainstorming what their company would be called and how it would be operated. They were wondering between a couple of names but eventually they would stick with the name govworks. They started off pretty small but overtime they would grow their employees more and more. However, they also didn't start off with the knowledge of coding and creating a structure for their business. They only provided more of the business side of things for their website which would be a big cause for their downfall. Their main problem would be that they would prioritize the capitalization and the growth of their staff instead of starting small. The funds to get and kickstart their company would be great however but overtime, the cracks start becoming bigger and that because their infrastructure was so messy, eventually the company would start to fall and become a husk of what it could have been. Soon after Tom Herman began to leave the company with Kaleil stating his leave. Eventually the film fast forwards 6 months later and it turns out the company has experienced the fall out, stating the company was a failure and that it was sold.

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