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Ask HN: Can someone please recommend interesting startup/tech documentaries?
Can someone please recommend interesting startup/tech documentaries? Thanks!
- ISeemToBeAVerb 15y agoIf you haven't seen Startup dot com (the movie, not website), that's a good place to start.
- blackboxxx 15y agoSeconded. One of my all-time favorite documentaries.
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- subpixel 15y agoTriumph of the Nerds is interesting, though your significant other is not likely to think so (unless they're a hacker as well) http://bit.ly/mmVlhF http://bit.ly/mmVlhF
- athst 15y agoTriumph of the Nerds is amazing. Some of Steve Jobs' best quotes come from there. It's interesting to see in historical context as well - Microsoft was still on top, and Apple was going through hard times.
- covercash 15y agoThis looks like it's going to be a good one: http://thestartupkids.com/ http://thestartupkids.com/
- hassaanm 15y agoI'm waiting for this one. Looks interesting!
- mynameishere 15y agoThis has been criticized as inaccurate but it's the #2 best made-for-tv movie (after "the day after") http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xflXMZL2stU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xflXMZL2stU
- nvictor 15y agoI heard Joel's movie was interesting...
- jaydz 15y agoCode Rush is a doc filmed about 11 years ago. It followed the engineers of the Netscape browser. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u404SLJj7ig http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u404SLJj7ig
- corysama 15y agoIf I wanted someone outside of the industry to understand what it's like to ship a big project with a hard deadline, I'd refer them to that video.
- mrphoebs 15y agoThis is what got me hooked on to startups when I was a kid.
- pstack 15y agoI was an engineer at Netscape through the period this documentary covers and it's one of my favorite (though bittersweet) documentaries. I wasn't involved in the development side, so my involvement with most of those featured was quite limited, but . . . what a great piece. I'd also couple it with (what I'm sure has been mentioned elsewhere, but I've not read that far, yet) Revolution OS ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjaC8Pq9-V0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjaC8Pq9-V0 ).
- threepointone 15y agoNot a documentary, but http://folklore.org http://folklore.org is an incredible resource of true stories in Apple when they were starting out. Also not a documentary (and exaggerated in parts), but I've always had a soft spot for Pirates of Silicon Valley. It's a good watch.
- catshirt 15y agohttp://www.weliveinpublicthemovie.com/ http://www.weliveinpublicthemovie.com/ it's a documentary about josh harris- mostly his startups after jupiter. pseudo.com, and a bunch of people living underground. the beginning covers a bit of the early nyc scene in general as well. pretty cool movie if you take it for what it's worth. jason calacanis and fred wilson both make appearances.
- hassaanm 15y agoThis is a good one. I've seen it before; very entertaining.
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- hassaanm 15y agoFor what it's worth, I'll mention this. I've seen a few episodes of Startup Junkies (http://www.hulu.com/start-up-junkies http://www.hulu.com/start-up-junkies). It's not the greatest but fairly entertaining. Also, Indie Game: The Movie seems pretty interesting. I'm not sure when it'll be out though. http://www.indiegamethemovie.com/ http://www.indiegamethemovie.com/
- stevenj 15y agoHaven't seen it yet, but I've heard good things about Something Ventured: http://somethingventuredthemovie.com/ http://somethingventuredthemovie.com/
- jth213 15y agoStartup.com is a good one about the rapid rise and failure of govworks.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup.com
- Contractor69 15y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup.com Chronicles the build up and ultimate failure of govworks.com in 2000-2001
- staunch 15y agoE-Dreams http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0262021/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0262021/