Sunday, May 20, 2012

Startup.com

I really liked this documentary. It really had no bias and just showed how GovWorks boomed and was doomed. I really liked how they progressively showed how many workers they had in the company. It really gave depth with regards to how fast their company grew in such a short timeframe. It was interesting seeing how they frustrated they were constantly. I doubt Kaleil and Tom would ever show that kind of frustration in front of their workers since it might demoralize them. The thing that stuck with me the most was how Kaleil had to let Tom go. That must have been difficult, especially being childhood friends and being their since day 1, to do that. Even more that   I might not have been paying attention but I think it was due to how he was handling the technology and how behind it was compared to their competitors. There was also that part where he brought in the competitor. I wanted to know what he thought of after the invite to their company. He seemed pretty confident that what his company was doing was ahead of theirs, but I am just assuming so. I know that sharing information between competitors is common, but is inviting them over to see how their business is doing in order to intimidate just as common? That kind of felt dirty in a way, like GovWorks was bullying the other company.

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