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Tom Bilyeu's Impact Theory

The Ultimate Blueprint for Disrupting Industries: The Netflix Strategy | Marc Randolph (Archived Episode)

Tom Bilyeu's Impact Theory

Impact Theory

Education, News, News Commentary, Philosophy, Technology, Society & Culture, Business, Self-improvement

4.75.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Impact Theory, Tom Bilyeu is joined by Marc Randolph. As co-founder and founding CEO of Netflix, Marc laid much of the groundwork for a service that’s grown to 150 million subscribers and fundamentally altered how the world experiences media. Tom and Marc explore how Marc managed to take action on his dreams and succeeded against all odds. Marc shares how he started Netflix and how they tweaked their business and stopped it from failing like most businesses. [Original air date: 3-2-21]. SHOW NOTES: The one-sentence Marc has heard 1000 times from his friends, his family, basically everyone when pitching the idea of Netflix. [1:24] The fundamental things Marc learned in his 50s while skateboarding that helped him build Netflix [3:25] How Marc started Netflix and how they tweaked the idea to stopped it from failing like most businesses. [5:27] The even better approach to “there are no good ideas” to generate winning ideas. [7:49] The single most fundamental problem why most people never take action on their ideas. [9:05] What separates an Entrepreneur from a dreamer. [9:46] The fundamental misunderstanding of Entrepreneurship and the deep-seated psychological fear everyone (even Marc) struggled with for years. [15:41] The idea of “two-way doors” Marc teaches young Entrepreneurs to practice to escape the traps of perfectionism and take immediate action. (And prevent them from taking too much risk.) [20:21] The fundamental truth about knowing what to test. [21:42] Where 98% of Netflix´s revenue did come from initially and why Marc decided to give up that revenue. [24:06] The skill Marc is good at, that he calls “the entrepreneurs secret weapon” [27:20] This brutal moment destroys most business relationships and how Marc handled this “big ego” moment. [32:48] Why the person who starts a company is not necessarily the right one to run it when it´s big. [37:58] The real challenge in Marc’s life that he is most proud of when he looks back. [41:10] How running for a plane taught Marc the right mindset to chill in the midst of chaos. [45:26] The core principles Marc instills in his kids. (Not what you think.) [52:07] Marc’s new podcast about how to take ideas and make them real. [54:40]  What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER SCALING a business: see if you qualify here. Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here. If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. Join me live on my Twitch stream. I'm live daily from 6:30 to 8:30 am PT at www.twitch.tv/tombilyeu LISTEN TO IMPACT THEORY AD FREE + BONUS EPISODES on APPLE PODCASTS: apple.co/impacttheory FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

What I'm trying to do is give people a whack on the head and go, stop thinking and start doing.

0:06.0

The real brilliance by an entrepreneurs today is not how good their ideas are.

0:11.0

It's how clever they can be about figuring out ways to test those ideas, to try them, to, as I say, collide them with reality.

0:21.6

That is what separates an entrepreneur from a dreamer.

0:29.6

Hey everybody, welcome to another episode of Impact Theory.

0:32.6

I am here with an extraordinary entrepreneur, Mark Randolph,

0:36.6

the co-founder of a little company you may

0:39.6

have heard of called Netflix.

0:41.9

Mark, welcome to the show.

0:43.5

Well, thanks very much.

0:44.4

Pleasure to be here.

0:45.6

Dude, I'm excited to talk to you.

0:47.4

As I was saying before we started rolling, I am not a born entrepreneur.

0:51.6

So talking to somebody like you that has just from the time they were a kid doing candy

0:57.2

arbitrage and had the instincts of an entrepreneur, it's so exciting that you've both

1:02.0

written the book and now doing the podcast, that will never work, both under the same title,

1:08.8

is really cool.

1:09.6

And I'm super glad that you're giving people a glimpse into the way you

1:12.4

think and where I want to start is with the idea that nobody knows anything why did people

1:19.8

tell you that Netflix was never going to work so first of all it's certainly not an uncommon

1:26.9

thing because everyone's had that experience where you kind of wake up with the brilliant idea.

1:31.9

And then you rush downstairs and tell your best friend or your spouse and run into the office.

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