I filmen 'Praktikanten' lever Ben Whitaker et stille liv som pensioneret enkemand. Den 70-årige newyorker er hverken ensom eller trist, men alligevel mangler der noget i tilværelsen efter et langt arbejdsliv og et mangeårigt ægteskab. Bens gåpåmod er stadig intakt, og da et succesfuldt modefirma har brug for en seniorpraktikant, søger han stillingen. Få dage senere har han første arbejdsdag på et hypermoderne kontor, hvor gennemsnitsalderen er omkring de 30, og hvor filterkaffe er et interessant kuriosum fra fortiden. Ben lader sig ikke slå ud, og på kort tid vinder han respekt fra sine nærmeste kolleger. Det viser sig til gengæld at være en langt større opgave at imponere kvinden, der er selskabets direktør og skaber.
Borgerne, en fjendtligsindet, cypertekniske race, angriber jorden for at assimilere den menneskelige race. Kaptajn Picard (Patrick Stewart) leder rumskibet USS Enterprise i kampen mod Borgerne, der i første omgang overvindes. De onde fremmede flygter imidlertid, med Picard og resten af besætningen fra Enterprise i hælene, tilbage i tiden for at forhindre menneskehedens første kontakt med fremmede væsener.
Milo og Teddy arbejder sammen på et revolutionerende stykke computer-software, samtidig med at millionæren Gary Winston er i gang med at udvikle et lignende program. Han tror, at Milo og Teddys ideer er afgørende, og inviterer dem på besøg i sit gigantiske firma. Teddy gider ikke lege med det multinationale firma, men Milo vil gerne vil være med. Inden Milo tager af sted, bliver han kontaktet af en agent, der forbereder en anti-trust sag mod Winston. Milos er smigret over den opmærksomhed han får på sin nye arbejdsplads, men inden længe viser hans drømmejob sig at blive til et mareridt.
Thèo Fernandez indtager rollen som den dovne Viggo, der driver alle på kontoret, hvor han er ansat, til vanvid (især chefen!) med sine "geniale" opfindelser, som fører til den ene katastrofe efter den anden.
Jan Schlickmann (John Travolta) er en kynisk advokat. Han får en sag, som han i begyndelsen bare vil have overstået. Han finder dog ud af, at den potentielt kunne være millioner værd. Han bliver besat af sagen i et sådan omfang, at han er villig til at opgive alt - inklusiv hans karriere og hans klients mål, for at kunne vinde sagen imod alle odds.
Inspired by a true story, this uplifting drama focuses on a young Thai entrepreneur's incredible business success, despite obstacles and self-doubt.
In the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are happy to work in a drugstore, but mother and daughter Alice try every possible social-climbing stratagem despite snubs and embarrassment. When Alice finally meets her dream man Arthur, mother nags father into a risky business venture and plans to impress Alice's beau with an "upscale" family dinner. Will the excruciating results drive Arthur away?
A tale of how the great vision and epic failure of General Magic, the "greatest dead company in Silicon Valley", changed the lives of billions.
Friends since high school, 20-somethings Kaleil Isaza Tuzman and Tom Herman have an idea: a Web site for people to conduct business with municipal governments. This documentary tracks the rise and fall of govWorks.com from May of 1999 to December of 2000, and the trials the business brings to the relationship of these best friends. Kaleil raises the money, Tom's the technical chief. A third partner wants a buy out; girlfriends come and go; Tom's daughter needs attention. And always the need for cash and for improving the site. Venture capital comes in by the millions. Kaleil is on C-SPAN, CNN, and magazine covers. Will the business or the friendship crash first?
Generation Startup takes us to the front lines of entrepreneurship in America, capturing the struggles and triumphs of six recent college graduates who put everything on the line to build startups in Detroit. Shot over 17 months, it's an honest, in-the-trenches look at what it takes to launch a startup. Directed by Academy Award winner Cynthia Wade and award-winning filmmaker Cheryl Miller Houser, the film celebrates risk-taking, urban revitalization, and diversity while delivering a vital call-to-action-with entrepreneurship at a record low, the country's economic future is at stake.
Billie #hatesherjob and quits mere months before getting married. She meets a ragtag group of women also looking for employment, and finds herself juggling her upcoming wedding with launching a new tech start-up.
This timely documentary chronicles the tech-fueled rise and Fyre-style fall of HQ Trivia, the revolutionary "game show on your phone" app that went viral, swept the nation, then crashed and burned. The global live-play game sensation drew millions of daily users to its frenetically fun trivia challenges and cash prizes, attracting celebrity fans including Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Neil Patrick Harris, Jimmy Kimmel, and Kelly Clarkson. But its success was undone by corporate clashes, cast changes, and a tragic death. Told through the eyes of former host Scott Rogowsky and other first-person players from inside and outside the company, the film documents the real-life comedy and tragedy that unfolded in front of and behind the cameras.
The movie tells a story of a journey of two start-up entrepreneurs from their "garage" to Silicon Valley.
Only 38% of people are smart enough to understand this movie about a tech entrepreneur who attempts to secure funding for his startup in order to hold off a buyout from a threatening competitor - all in a single day.
Cheated on by his successful girlfriend for lacking ambition and business-mindedness, an artist sets out to get rich quick by starting a one-man company as a friend for hire.
Iva is a girl who receives a small digital video camera for her fourteenth birthday. Delighted by her new toy, the girl immediately starts taping everything around her, recording a series of events surrounding her birthday celebration on her first tape. These ninety minutes form the film What Iva Recorded on October 21st, 2003.
Chandrabose becomes an alcoholic after his wife's death. His life, however, takes an interesting turn after he dissuades a young IT professional from committing suicide.
The strugggle experienced by Andrew Dervish (played by Albert Halim) and Ken Dean Lawadinata (played by Dion Wiyoko) in building Kaskus, the no. 1 online discussion forum in Indonesia. Kaskus, which stands for whispered gossips, initially started from college assignments and were made from a free software. In this film, Indonesian film lovers will not only be entertained by the story of the friendship of two friends whose personality contradict each other, but also learn how friendship can be a capital base to build a successful business.
Two business students hatch a perfect plan: buy their own school.
Finnish award-winning barista Kalle Freese travels to San Francisco with his girlfriend to start an instant coffee start-up with big goals. At stake are Kalle's health, relationship and the newly formed start-up.