Kaleil Isaza Tuzman

Startup.com -- Traces the birth and failure of new media company govWorks.com.

As an ailing economy reduces high-flying Internet companies around the country to bankruptcy, acclaimed documentary team Chris Hegedus, D. A. Pennebaker and newcomer Jehane Noujaim take a behind-the-scenes look at the volatile start-up phenomenon, chronicling the turbulent development of govWorks.com, an award-winning Internet site that facilitates interaction between local government, citizens and businesses. Turning a familiar headline story into a high-pressure personal odyssey, Startup.com follows the trials of partners Kaleil Isaza Tuzman and Tom Herman, best friends since childhood, as they progress from being rookies with only a business plan to assuming the leadership of a nationally recognized Internet company struggling to survive an inhospitable economy.

Two men discover the perils of going into business with their friends as they observe the rise and fall of their Internet firm over the course of its first and only year in this documentary produced by D.A. Pennebaker.

Traces the birth and failure of new media company govWorks.com.