Start up .com is a film that professor Andrew Fry shared with the TINTS 207 class last week. This film is a very interesting documentary that reveals the birth, victory, and failure of the .com company called Govworks.com. The co-CEO's Kaleil Isaza Tuzman (self proclaimed alpha dog) raises money. While Tom Herman, Kaleil's best friend since the age of fifteen works as the technical chief, team up with Cheih Cheung in 1999. The three developed Govworks.com together from an idea they had come up with in high school. The film shows the evolution of the company by following the team day in and day out. The happenings and inner workings of their business, personal lives, and relationships. The trials, tribulations and how they raised millions of dollars on a "virtual" product.
The company was based and developed on an idea. The product did not come about until much later when they hired a small staff for development. The actual product turns out to be an online collection interface for municipal governments.
Trouble seemed to begin when Cheih was asked to buy out his share and was offered much less than his share was actually worth. Things seemed to spiral downward from there. In one year's time the gentlemen develop a successful .com company, make millions of dollars and lose everything. Somehow it seems that even after Kaleil fired Tom from the company, they remained friends at the end of the film.
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