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The book "Founders At Work" is a pretty good read, if you're interested in these questions.

http://www.foundersatwork.com/

Definitely my favorite book about startups, but it really doesn't talk that much about the day to day reality of running a startup. Most of the stories are over months or years. Documentaries would be a great way to see what it's really like. Unfortunately, I don't think there are very many about well run startups. I guess Aardvark'd was a decent glimpse: http://www.projectaardvark.com/movie/

Startup.com was a well-filmed documentary: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256408/

I saw it before I embark on the startup lifestyle, and the story rings true on many levels.

Yeah, but it's about a horribly run startup. It's only a lesson of what not to do.

I would love to see a documentary on IMVU. Their continuous deployment strategy seems like it works very well.

I'd bet they innovating in other areas too, and it'd be cool to hear more.

I actually just bought it yesterday, and am going through it.

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