Marc Randolph: ...the amount of trial and error it would take to create Netflix
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Nobody Told Me!
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🗓️ 17 September 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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We talk with veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur Marc Randolph, the co-founder and founding CEO of Netflix. He’s mentored hundreds of early-stage entrepreneurs and helped seed dozens of successful tech ventures, in addition to many unsuccessful ones. Marc is the author of the bestselling book, "That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of An Idea".
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| 1:21.0 | I'm Laura Owens, and I'm Jan Black. |
| 1:23.2 | And we are so excited to welcome veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur Mark Randolph to the show. |
| 1:29.3 | As you may know, Mark is the co-founder and founding CEO of Netflix. |
| 1:34.2 | He's mentored hundreds of early stage entrepreneurs and helped see dozens of successful tech |
| 1:39.5 | ventures in addition to many unsuccessful ones. |
| 1:42.3 | And Mark is the author of the best-selling book, |
| 1:44.8 | That Will Never Work, The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea. |
| 1:50.1 | Mark, we thank you so much for joining us. |
| 1:52.3 | Oh, it's exciting to be with you. |
| 1:53.5 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:54.8 | We love the book because you have a great way of making the reader feel |
| 1:58.9 | like they're right alongside you as Netflix goes from |
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