Startup.com

Startup.com
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Produced byD.A. Pennebaker
Starring
CinematographyJehane Noujaim
Edited by
  • Chris Hegedus
  • Erez Laufer
  • Jehane Noujaim
Production
companies
  • Pennebaker Hegedus Films
  • Noujaim Films
Distributed byArtisan Entertainment
Release dates
  • January 21, 2001 (2001-01-21) (Sundance)
  • May 11, 2001 (2001-05-11) (United States)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.8 million[1]

Startup.com is a 2001 American documentary film directed by Jehane Noujaim and Chris Hegedus. D. A. Pennebaker served as a producer on the film. It follows the dot-com start-up govWorks.com, which raised $60 million in funding from Hearst Interactive Media, KKR, the New York Investment Fund, and Sapient.

The startup did not survive, but it became a reference for lessons learned, as it was the subject of a 2001 documentary that follows govWorks founders Kaleil Isaza Tuzman and Tom Herman from 1999 to 2000, as the Internet bubble was bursting.

The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2001. It was released on May 11, 2001, by Artisan Entertainment.

  1. ^ "Startup.com". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 26, 2020.