90 percent of startups fail, but the subjects of Cynthia Wade and Cheryl Miller Houser’s documentary “Generation Startup” are trying to be some of the few that succeed. The new doc follows six recent college graduates over the course of a year as they launch their new companies in Detroit.
According to the film’s official synopsis, the doc “takes us to the front lines of entrepreneurship in America” and offers “an honest, in-the-trenches look at what it takes to launch a startup. 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.”
The entrepreneurs featured in the doc are a part of Venture For America(VFA), “a program that sends recent college graduates to work at startups in fifteen cities around the country to train as entrepreneurs, and then helps them launch their own companies.”
“We made this film to celebrate the grit and determination of young people bold enough to take risks and try to build something meaningful. We hope their stories will inspire others,” said filmmakers Wade and Miller Houser.
“Generation Startup” hits theaters on September 23. Check out the trailer below.
