Netflix co-founder: Crush the status quo

Ideas matter says the co-founder of one of the world’s largest internet companies. But some things matter way more — like confidence and taking chances.

  • By Traci McMillan Beach
  • | 7:02 p.m. March 10, 2019
Courtesy. Netflix co-founder and former CEO Marc Randolph prides himself on being an optimist — joking that his flaw for loving every idea and always wanting to find a way to make it work makes him a bad angel investor.
Courtesy. Netflix co-founder and former CEO Marc Randolph prides himself on being an optimist — joking that his flaw for loving every idea and always wanting to find a way to make it work makes him a bad angel investor.
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Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph looks back fondly on the day in 2000 when Blockbuster laughed in his face when trying to sell the business. At the time, Blockbuster, a $6 billion company, couldn’t imagine why a startup with $5 million in revenue thought it could be sold for $50 million — an amount equal to its debt.

 

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