Every day, millions of people experience cinematic joy by experiencing their favorite movies and TV shows. It’s all thanks to Reed Hastings, the founder of Netflix.
Reed started out as a peace corps teacher in Africa.
Later he started Netflix but never dreamt that it would become this big.
It grew beyond his wildest dreams and made him a billionaire.
What you could learn from this episode:
- What quality he learnt in his first job, which remained throughout his life.
- His first company and the problems he faced.
- How the idea for Netflix came
- What happened during the dot com bust when they went under.
- The big blunder he made when he moved to streaming
- How they invented binge watching.
- What is his real competition.