Back

Netflix's $50 Billion Pivot That Blockbuster didn’t see coming In 2000, Netflix offered to sell itself to Blockbuster for $50 million. Blockbuster laughed them out of the room. At the time, Netflix was just mailing DVDs. Streaming wasn’t even a thi

Looking at this as a Netflix vs Blockbuster moment :x

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:

It’s only been a week since Google dropped Gemini 2.5… https://medium.com/everyday-ai/its-only-been-a-week-since-google-dropped-gemini-2-5-c13c85b1731a

a blockbuster movie will be outt sooon if anyone is interested than watch this video https://youtu.be/WvagNgJ6woA?si=B8OYihtLIg0JlOhM

Bill Gates says 2 day Work Week as AI progress meanwhile Infosys Founder: work on Sundays too.

What a crazy week in AI 🤯 - Mistral AI Agents - Claude Voice mode - Google SignGemma - Factory AI SWE Agents - Perplexity launches Labs - Flux.1 Image Editing Kontext - SpAItial AI Foundation Models - Opera’s first AI Agentic Browser

Netflix didn’t just beat Blockbuster—they exploited its biggest weakness. In 2000, Blockbuster made $800M from late fees. Customers hated them. Netflix saw an opportunity. Instead of charging per rental, they launched a $19.99/month unlimited plan.

A founder once told us: “We just need a landing page.” Cool. Week 2: “Can we add login?” Week 4: “Maybe a dashboard?” Week 6: “How about AI-based recommendations?” Week 8: “We need it live before our pitch next week.” It’s never just a landing pag