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Netflix๐ฐ ltโs 2000, and Netflix co-founders Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph offer to sell their fledgling DVD rental business to Blockbuster for $50 million. Blockbuster laughs them out of the room. Fast forward to 2025, Netflix boasts over 238 mil
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In 2001, Netflix begged Blockbuster to buy them for $50 million. But Blockbuster laughed at them. Today, Netflix is worth over $350 billionโand no one remembers Blockbuster. Hereโs how that rejection ignited one of the greatest business comebacks
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The Missed Billion-Dollar Mistake No One Talks About ๐ฅ In 2000, Netflix offered to sell itself to Blockbuster for $50 million. Blockbuster laughed them out of the room. Fast forward โ Netflix becomes a $200+ billion behemoth. Blockbuster? A dusty
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