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The Boy Who Sold The World

The Boy Who Sold The World

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 15, 2020

Runtime

1h 18m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

The Boy Who Sold The World

Production Companies

Resonant Pictures, Library Films

Director

Adam Barton

Description

Ben Pasternak created a viral game app while in middle school in Australia. By 15 he had secured funding from VC’s to build a new tech startup. So Ben dropped out of school and convinced his parents to let him live alone in NYC to lead his new company. A master at growth hacking with a strong eye for design, Ben was committed to making the world’s next big social app. But after running out of money, and confronting controversies that pushed him to the edge of sanity, Ben rebooted his career at 19, finding a new and unexpected purpose. The Boy Who Sold The World is a modern coming-of-age story that illuminates the inner workings of the tech industry from a rare and highly personal lens.