If you don't have a good design, you're not good startup. People will not use your app or website if your startup isn't looks good.OK, you can use design like this designmodo.com/startup for presentation of your product, but is important to make your product like your presentation page... or, your your startup will not have success without good design. OK, you can use design like this designmodo.com/startup for presentation of your product, but is important to make your product like your presentation page... or, your your startup will not have success without good design. OK, you can use design like this designmodo.com/startup for presentation of your product, but is important to make your product like your presentation page... or, your your startup will not have success without good design.

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?

I've just had the pleasure of watching Startup.com on DVD. It's a fascinating story, but afterwards a lot of things puzzle me. In the rear mirror we all know that the dot-com bubble burst, but in 1999 when the filming of GovWorks.com began everything in that end of business looked grand. Therefore: in order to make a catchy documentary with a good story (in this case the classical rise-and-fall scenario), how did the people behind the documentary know that following this particular company wouldn't just end with piles of uninteresting tape no worth editing? What if the company never folded - would the filming had continued to this day then? The leaders of GovWorks.com wound up on the cover of Time, rubbed shoulders with Clinton and appeared on T.V. - the source material shown is beyond doubt. But what if the people behind the film contacted GovWorks.com at exactly THIS point and had Herman, Tuzman and some extras "re-play" the initial struggles and the company build-up and thereafter followed their business adventure come rain or come shine? In short: Things don't add up! If a filmmaker contacts a rising company and follow them through ups and downs chances that these endeavous will prove worthwhile is 1 to a million!

Okay, let's face it, this film is really nothing special. It is pretty good and it is actually pretty compelling as it documents the rise and fall of an internet mega-site. It follows two corporate a**holes as they have everything they could ever ask for, and then have it slip away.The whole thing is shot on a home video camera by two cameramen who never say a word. The whole movie is filmed on an interesting topic, but quite honestly, I thought this film was boring as hell. I found it to be quite interesting and compelling, but the story was slow, and there is footage shown that doesn't have much to do with anything else. There are some scenes that even look like they were set up. Like, why would a guy be sitting around chilling in his underwear while a guy videotapes him. If I was him, I would've gotten some pants on first. There were just some parts that didn't seem realistic, and seem to me like they were set up in advance.Personally, I thought the film was great. But, it is very, very slow and you must have a very high patience. For major film fans only. And even they should take note that this film is an experience that I would not be able to sit throught more than once.STARTUP.COM gets 3/5.