Netflixed: Building a Brand and Bringing Down Blockbuster
It isn’t every day you get to pull up a chair and join a fireside chat with two captains of industry. Marc Randolph is a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, advisor, investor and motivational keynote speaker—he also happens to be the co-founder of the online movie and television streaming service Netflix. Though best known for this, his career as an entrepreneur spans more than four decades.
He’s been a founder of more than half a dozen other successful start-ups, a mentor to hundreds of early-stage entrepreneurs, and an investor in numerous successful (and an even larger number of unsuccessful) tech ventures.
LListen in on his conversation with Nextiva CEO Tomas Gorny as they discuss how a scrappy Silicon Valley startup brought down Blockbuster and built one of the world's best-known brands.
Marc Randolph is a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, advisor, investor and motivational keynote speaker. He was co-founder of the online movie and television streaming service Netflix, serving as their founding CEO, as the executive producer of their website, and as a member of their board of directors until his retirement in 2004.
Although best known for starting Netflix, Marc’s career as an entrepreneur spans more than four decades. He’s been a founder of more than half a dozen other successful start-ups, a mentor to hundreds of early-stage entrepreneurs, and an investor in numerous successful (and an even larger number of unsuccessful) tech ventures.
Most recently, Marc co-founded an analytics software company Looker Data Sciences, and currently serves as an advisor to numerous other startups, serving variously as a mentor, CEO coach, and/or board member.He is a frequent speaker at industry events, works extensively with young entrepreneur programs, and is a trustee of the non-profit National Outdoor Leadership School.
Marc Randolph is charming, handsome and modest; and whenever possible avoids referring to himself in the third person. He lives in Santa Cruz, California.
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