Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Don’t get distracted by the shiny object [and if a crisis comes], execute on the fundamentals.
Reed Hastings
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Reed Hastings
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: January 1
Chief Executive Officer
Entrepreneur
NZ
Wilmot Reed Hastings
Jr.
Distracted
Fundamentals
Object
Crisis
Objects
Comes
Shiny
Execute
More quotes by Reed Hastings
Our brand at Netflix is really focused on movies and TV shows.
Reed Hastings
Interactivity and a better experience aren't always the same thing.
Reed Hastings
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.
Reed Hastings
When there's an ache, you want to be like aspirin, not vitamins. Aspirin solves a very particular problem someone has, whereas vitamins are a general nice to have market.
Reed Hastings
I hate the photo shoots. I hate all that stuff.
Reed Hastings
Be big, fast and flexible.
Reed Hastings
Companies rarely die from moving too fast, and they frequently die from moving too slowly.
Reed Hastings
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.
Reed Hastings
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.
Reed Hastings
I founded Netflix. I've built it steadily over 12 years now, first with DVD becoming profitable in 2002, a head-to-head ferocious battle with Blockbuster and evolving the company toward streaming.
Reed Hastings
I got the idea for Netflix after my company was acquired. I had a big late fee for Apollo 13. It was six weeks late and I owed the video store $40. I had misplaced the cassette. It was all my fault.
Reed Hastings
Taking smart risks can be very gratifying.
Reed Hastings
Most entrepreneurial ideas will sound crazy, stupid and uneconomic, and then they’ll turn out to be right.
Reed Hastings
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.
Reed Hastings
I watch mostly independent films.
Reed Hastings
The Netflix brand for TV shows is really all about binge viewing. The ability to get hooked and watch episode after episode.
Reed Hastings
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.
Reed Hastings
When we think about online learning, it's such 'early days.' Bill Gates is a wildly smart insightful guy. Yet, even a guy as smart and insightful as that, 30 years ago can say things like,'Who's every going to need more than 640K of memory?'
Reed Hastings
On the Internet you get continuous innovation, so every year the streams are a little better.
Reed Hastings
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.
Reed Hastings