Startup.com Documentary

                Startup.com was a weird documentary. It was easy to tell what it was about from the beginning and what it would eventually lead to. To start this off, I never liked Kaleil. He had his moments, but he just seemed like the kind of guy that would throw anyone under the bus in order to save his own skin. I didn’t feel like Tom was that sort of person, though I disliked him for a different reason. Tom struck me as a guy way in over his head. We don’t really have a lot of background on how the two of them came to start govWorks, but somehow I think it was Tom’s idea. The problem is that Tom doesn’t really seem like he knows what he’s doing. I’m not surprised at all that he was ousted from the company (a YEAR later). He acted like a child when things weren’t going his way. It didn’t make it any better that Kaleil fired him and had Tom escorted out of the building. It seemed like reality show to me. 

                Switching topics now, I did like what the movie was trying to represent and why we were asked to watch the film. It was essentially a candid showing of the life span of a tech business. The rapid rise of govWorks, followed by its inevitable crash is analogous to tech businesses today and stands as a reminder of what could happen.

                Also, I think it’s hilarious that Kaleil was arrested for fraud. Watching this movie, it doesn’t surprise me at all. The ending seemed to unbelievable for his behavior shown throughout the film. How can it just end with him at his house with a dog in the backyard? If only there was a second documentary.