Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph shared his thoughts on success back in 2023:
Sometimes you've got to ease off the hustle, but first, you need to get there.
NETFLIX : FROM DVDS TO STREAMING EMPIRE !!
Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph,
Netflix began as a DVD rental service.
When Hastings envisioned streaming content online, the company transitioned in 2007,
betting on the future of on
See More
5 replies11 likes
Shiv Bharankar
•
Medial • 8d
Netflix📰
lt’s 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
Disney CEO Bob Iger says Disney+ will start cracking down on password sharing in June.
It's the latest streamer to announce the strategy Netflix kicked off last May. Here's where all the streamers stand.
What are your thoughts on it?
How Netflix started ?
The $2 Billion Mistake: Blockbuster's Netflix Blunder
How does a single decision reshape an entire industry?
In 2000, Netflix offered to sell to Blockbuster for $50 million.
Blockbuster laughed it off.
Fast forward:
2002:
In 2001, Netflix begged Blockbuster to buy them for $50 million.
But Blockbuster laughed at them.
Today, Netflix is worth over $350 billion—and no one remembers Blockbuster.
Here’s how that rejection ignited one of the greatest business comebacks
At 22, Marc Andreessen created the first user-friendly web browser.
By 24, he was worth over $100M.
Then, Bill Gates and Microsoft crushed Andreessen's company.
What happened next triggered the biggest tech war of the century.
Here's the full sto
How Blockbuster's One Offer Almost Killed Netflix!
So Blockbuster was founded in 1985 as a movie DVD rental company. They had huge stores, stocks of all movies, and movie reviews from their employees.
It was good place to shop at but the pain point
See More
4 replies6 likes
Armaan Nath
Stealth • 9m
Unfiltered thoughts (5/5)
There are 3 types of India:
India-1
~Population of 110 Mn
~Per capita income of $10k
~Buys from Flipkart, watch Netflix, drink Starbucks coffee
~Contributes to 40% of India GDP
~Fluent with English
~35Mn credit card users
Astrotalk ads are clearly a scam. How are people falling for it? Their own ads on instagram have comments section turned off because they know people will call them out. All these infleuncers promoting together is so apparent that it's all paid.
Exp
Astrotalk ads are clearly a scam. How are people falling for it? Their own ads on instagram have comments section turned off because they know people will call them out. All these infleuncers promoting together is so apparent that it’s all paid.
Ex