Skip to content
HomeVideos
AllLongsCategoriesPlaylists
BooksBlogsPodcasts
HistoryListsWatch laterLiked videosFollowing

The videos, books, blogs and podcasts Hacker News keeps recommending, all in one place.

VideosBooksBlogsPodcastsAboutPrivacySettings

Data from Hacker News, HackerTube, HackerBooks, HackerBlogs and Open Library. Credits · Not affiliated with Y Combinator.

HomeVideosBooksBlogsPodcasts
Ctrl K

    Riot On Documentary (2002)

    Caroline bruins

    2 HN recommenders · recommended in 4 months, 2016–2022

    YouTube

    1:13:42 · 54K views · Jan 7, 2014

    A documentary about Riot Entertainment, a Finnish dot-com-era startup that raised millions in funding and then collapsed. It follows the hype-driven rise and implosion of the company.

    HN recommends it as an entertaining dot-com-era story and a cautionary tale about VC funding and fake-it-till-you-make-it growth.

    Business, Startups & EconomicsStartups & entrepreneurshipDocumentaries & storytellingTech company stories & documentaries
    1. 1:28:28
      The Company that Broke CanadaBobbyBroccoli4.1M views • 3 years ago
    2. 26:19
      FailCon 2011 - Uber Case StudyBAMM.TV114K views • 15 years ago
    3. 1:15:44
      Free to PlayValve6.9M views • 12 years ago
    4. 31:24
      Billion Dollar Bully: Yelp documentary producers Kaylie Milliken & Mellissa WoodLouis Rossmann138K views • 8 years ago
    5. 56:09
      Project Code Rush - The Beginnings of Netscape / Mozilla DocumentaryThe Documentary Network338K views • 13 years ago
    6. 1:32:48
      General Magic (1080p) FULL DOCUMENTARY - History, Technology, BusinessGravitas Documentaries73K views • 4 years ago
    7. 24:50
      Rap Genius with News | Disrupt NYC 2013TechCrunch73K views • 13 years ago
    8. 27:58
      GraphQL: The DocumentaryCultRepo 603K views • 7 years ago
    9. 1:43:00
      Disney's FastPass: A Complicated HistoryDefunctland27M views • 4 years ago
    10. 39:21
      BBS The Documentary: Episode 1 of 8: BAUD (The Beginning)Jason Scott40K views • 6 years ago
    11. 2:01:18
      Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary DocumentaryValve9.3M views • 1 year ago
    12. 1:02:53
      Gabe Newell: Reflections of a Video Game MakerThe LBJ School919K views • 13 years ago
    13. 1:05:35
      CS50 Lecture by Mark Zuckerberg - 7 December 2005CS509.5M views • 12 years ago
    14. 6:35
      The Doomed Cleveland Balloonfest of '86The Atlantic13M views • 8 years ago
    15. 4:39
      DropBox Demotheragax674K views • 18 years ago
    16. 4:58:53
      BBS the Documentary [Full HD]L33T GUY92K views • 9 years ago
    17. 2:18:23
      Line Goes Up – The Problem With NFTsFolding Ideas19M views • 4 years ago
    18. 1:02:04
      Gabe Newell: On Productivity, Economics, Political Institutions, and the Future of Corporationsblogphilofilms717K views • 13 years ago
    19. 21:40
      Darius Kazemi, Tiny Subversions - XOXO Festival (2014)XOXO Festival82K views • 12 years ago
    20. 56:09
      Netscape Mozilla Documentary 1998 - 2000 ProJect Code Rush - creative common licenceznoopy2k171K views • 17 years ago

    4 comments from Hacker News

    1. @virgulinoJul 2021· in “The History of the Dot Com Era”

      I highly recommend the documentary "Riot On!". Great documentary, great cinema, and great entertainment. "E-Dreams" and "Startup.com" are also very good. All of them on youtube: this video [LINK] [LINK]

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    2. @mvdwoordMay 2022· in “Bolt announces layoffs”

      Interesting and funny documentary from the dot com boom era in a finish company, riot entertainment. Great watch on the insanity of VC funding and growth. this video

      RecommendsView on HN
    3. @andyjdavisMay 2016· in “Steve Blank: 'VCs Won't Admit They're in a Ponzi Scheme'”

      I haven't seen e-dreams but the documentary sounds somewhat similar to Riot On which is actually from 2004 I believe. It is about a company called Riot Entertainment that took in millions in funding from a bunch of high profile sources, made a ton of fairly dubious decisions before imploding. this video

      CitesView on HN
    4. @aaron695Aug 2020· in “U.S. Marshals Service online auction – Fyre festival fraud scheme”

      They were pretty close to a billion $ From the docos the interesting thing is they seemed like they almost would have became Cameo. Just like Riot-E also almost became 100 millionaires through their outrageous fake it till you make it this video (NSFW)

      CitesView on HN