
That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea
2019
Biography
by
Marc Randolph
Biography of the first five years of Netflix through its IPO, written by Marc Randolph, cofounder and first CEO. It details how the company turned the idea of mailing DVDs into reality, navigated the dotcom bubble bursting, found its winning subscription strategy, and launched kiosks.
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March 2025
Lessons on splitting founding equity and radical cofounder honesty. Blockbuster passed on buying Netflix for $50m. Read 2019 hardcover.
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