That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea

ISBN: 9780316460668
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In the tradition of Phil Knight's Shoe Dog comes the incredible untold story of how Netflix went from concept to company-all revealed by co-founder and first CEO Marc Randolph. Once upon a time, brick-and-mortar video stores were king. Late fees were ubiquitous, video-streaming unheard of, and widespread DVD adoption seemed about as imminent as flying cars. Indeed, these were the widely accepted laws of the land in 1997, when Marc Randolph had an idea. It was a simple thought-leveraging the internet to rent movies-and was just one of many more and far worse proposals, like personalized baseball bats and a shampoo delivery service, that Randolph would pitch to his business partner, Reed Hastings, on their commute to work each morning. But Hastings was intrigued, and the pair-with Hastings as the primary investor and Randolph as the CEO-founded a company.

Now with over 150 million subscribers, Netflix's triumph feels inevitable, but the twenty first century's most disruptive start up began with few believers and calamity at every turn. From having to pitch his own mother on being an early investor, to the motel conference room that served as a first office, to server crashes on launch day, to the now-infamous meeting when Netflix brass pitched Blockbuster to acquire them, Marc Randolph's transformational journey exemplifies how anyone with grit, gut instincts and determination can change the world-even with an idea that many think will never work. What emerges, however, isn't just the inside story of one of the world's most iconic companies. Full of counter-intuitive concepts and written in binge-worthy prose, it answers some of our most fundamental questions about taking that leap of faith in business or in life: How do you begin? How do you weather disappointment and failure? How do you deal with success? What even is success?

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Arma Delisha
Netflix

So amaze, Great insight the Mark Randloph brain, how he thinks and works to builds a sucessful intertaining business. Lots of a great idea and how to implement your own business.

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Hamidah Jabbar

I LOVE IT SOOO MUCHH

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Emma
That Will Never Work:

The life of an idea. Interesting fact is that sometimes we are not aware that success or failure can depend on tiny factor such as what address we put on envelope. Successful startup story. If you’re looking for inspiration on ideation & how to go from idea to building something, you’ll get valuable insights here through Netflix’s story.