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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 billion—and no one remembers Blockbuster. Here’s how that rejection ignited one of the greatest business comebacks

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:

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

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

Unacademy, once valued at $3.4B, now reportedly selling for just $800M. Byju's, once a $22B giant, now worth nothing. Was the entire ed-tech boom just hype?

The Billion-Dollar Secret No One Talks About: Timing Over Talent When Uber launched in 2009, it wasn’t the first ride-sharing app. Apps like Sidecar and Taxi Magic already existed. But they didn’t take off. When Instagram came out in 2010, it wasn’

“Sell Benefits, Not Features” Apple didn’t sell the iPod by saying, “We have 10GB of storage.” They said, “1,000 songs in your pocket.” Because let’s be honest—no one outside of IT geeks gets excited about gigabytes. Similarly, when Tesla promotes a

The Curious Case of Continue Watching! — Netflix In 2007, Netflix noticed a significant trend: many users were immediately clicking "Play" on the next episode of a show they were watching, even late at night. The Key Moment: This behavior wasn't ra

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The dust bitter gennie! 🧞 Short Case study SchoolGennie, launched in 2013 by Pradeep Goyal, aimed to revolutionize school management in India 🫣 It crashed and burned within a year, Why? 1. No Market Validation: They didn’t check if anyone actua