Jun 25
An unexpected lending
on June 25th, 2007 - UncategorizedAdd comments
My neighbor, a 92 year old man, came to my door tonight and asked, “You still doing that Internet stuff?”
I told him I was, and he handed me a DVD - “Startup.com”.
I had never heard of it, but he told me it was his Grandson’s and that I should watch it. It’s now 2am - I’ve been watching the movie for 90 minutes - and I can’t go to sleep. I must see the ending.
It’s the story of a Dot-Com in the late 90’s. It has all of the greed and jealousy and pettiness that I experienced in startups. Even some of the lavishness.
It’s really well-filmed. I may just like it because I can identify so closely with it - but I think it may appeal to a wider audience.
Of course - I DO know how it ends.
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June 25th, 2007 at 01:40
Here’s the IMDB page. I am surprised to note that it’s actually a documentary and won a few awards too!
June 25th, 2007 at 16:45
Curious coincidence: it’s Mark Andreessen’s Film of the Week. http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/06/film-of-the-wee.html