Marc is the co-founder and original CEO of Netflix. I was expecting more than the story beyond rental, shipping, subscription model & kiosk from the book, hope Reed Hastings tells us the rest, someday. One of the books we read was That Will Never Work, by Marc Randolph. Not sure, if Marc & Reed Hastings would agree, but I feel Alex Balkanski ‘s ‘ This is sheet’ remark was the first major turning point to Netflix’s original idea. Then he thought: What if I never had to this again?” Not actually a business book, but the Netflix co-founder does a good job in narrating the complicated story of business model adjustments, changes in strategy, pivots & new ideas behind the much familiar & popular Netflix’s origin story “Reed came up with idea for Netflix when he found a rental copy of Apollo 13 in his house, went to return it to the Blockbuster, and saw a $40 late fee. ‘ That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea‘ by Marc Randolph
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