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Companies rarely die from moving too fast, and they frequently die from moving too slowly.
Reed Hastings
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Reed Hastings
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: January 1
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Wilmot Reed Hastings
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In fact, technology has been the story of human progress from as long back as we know. In 100 years people will look back on now and say, 'That was the Internet Age.' And computers will be seen as a mere ingredient to the Internet Age.
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When you grow up, as I have, in the shadow of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and others, success is defined as the total global transformation of a market. To achieve that, you need low prices and an attractive offering. It's about trying to make a positive impact on a big scale.
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Taking smart risks can be very gratifying.
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Do not tolerate brilliant jerks. The cost to teamwork is too high.
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The Netflix brand for TV shows is really all about binge viewing. The ability to get hooked and watch episode after episode.
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Comparing Apple to Netflix is like comparing apples to oranges, especially if the oranges made so many mistakes that people stopped eating oranges and just went back to Blockbuster.
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Most entrepreneurial ideas will sound crazy, stupid and uneconomic, and then they’ll turn out to be right.
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Great leaders, like Steve Jobs or Jeff Bezos, also focused on the long term.
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Not every show has to work equally well. It just has to work better than any competitor because then we can outbid for the content.
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If you look at cable networks, they almost always start licensing content wherever they can, so they can build a subscriber base. But then they start doing their own content it's a pretty well-trodden path.
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I hate the photo shoots. I hate all that stuff.
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Our brand at Netflix is really focused on movies and TV shows.
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Interactivity and a better experience aren't always the same thing.
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Something will eventually replace the Internet. But it's hard to know what and when it will happen.
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The Costa Rican government is prioritizing laying fiber optic over paving roads. Costa Rica is trying to become one of the Internet societies. This is happening throughout the world.
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I don't know of any Internet service that opens on a regional basis.
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But as an entrepreneur you have to feel like you can jump out of an aeroplane because you're confident that you'll catch a bird flying by. It's an act of stupidity, and most entrepreneurs go splat because the bird doesn't come by, but a few times it does.
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On the Internet you get continuous innovation, so every year the streams are a little better.
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Tomorrow when you come to work, if it doesn't make the customer happy, move the business forward, and save us money - don't do it.
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