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
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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
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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
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