Companies have centers of gravity. Where they are is part of their identity. — Marc Randolph Copy Share Image
I'm not a glass-half-full optimist. I'm a glass-overflowing optimist. — Marc Randolph Optimist Copy Share Image
Netflix was my sixth start-up, and that point I decided I didn't have it in me to start another company. At least… — Marc Randolph Copy Share Image
Back in the early days at Netflix, it wasn't unheard of for me to tell prospective hires that I could see our… — Marc Randolph Copy Share Image
As software began to be sold to people who would never consider themselves technical, it suddenly became clear that you needed people… — Marc Randolph Copy Share Image
Here's a simple truth: When you surround a good idea with brilliant people, it changes. No matter how much you plan, great… — Marc Randolph Creativity Copy Share Image
When an opportunity comes knocking, you don't necessarily have to open your door. But you owe it to yourself to at least… — Marc Randolph Copy Share Image
The real story of Netflix is complicated: an epic tale full of struggle, disappointment, drama, humor, and achievement. — Marc Randolph Achievement Copy Share Image
It was a long, circuitous route from my mom's real estate business to Netflix. It didn't happen overnight. Or in a year.… — Marc Randolph Business Copy Share Image
The most powerful step that anyone can take to turn their dreams into reality is a simple one. You just need to… — Marc Randolph Dream Copy Share Image
I tell aspiring entrepreneurs all the time: Validate your idea locally. Get some experience under your belt. Prove your idea has legs… — Marc Randolph Copy Share Image
With people, if you see something you want to change, you can make the change immediately. And if that doesn't work, you… — Marc Randolph Change Copy Share Image
I personally believe that a critical part to innovation is that exchange of ideas so when you say, 'Here's my idea,' someone… — Marc Randolph Copy Share Image
At a startup, it's hard enough to get a single thing right, much less a whole bunch of things. Especially if the… — Marc Randolph Customer Copy Share Image
If you apprentice yourself to the smartest people who will take you seriously, you will learn at every step. You'll learn their… — Marc Randolph Copy Share Image
Some of my fondest memories of the early years of Netflix have to do with our efforts to figure out the most… — Marc Randolph Country Copy Share Image
No one has ever asked me to give a graduation speech. But in my years of working with aspiring entrepreneurs, many of… — Marc Randolph Advice Copy Share Image
That Will Never Work' is the untold story of Netflix. It's how a handful of people, with no experience in the video… — Marc Randolph Business Copy Share Image
Banks and investors don't usually view a high-ranking executive in the company selling off massive amounts of stock as a good thing. — Marc Randolph Business Copy Share Image
People are always advised to follow your dreams, but in 'That Will Never Work' I show them how! — Marc Randolph Dream Copy Share Image
In 'That Will Never Work,' I give readers a clear-eyed insider's look into how one of the least likely startups grew into… — Marc Randolph Books Copy Share Image
In the years after I left Netflix, the company I co-founded, I didn't want to puff myself up or tear anyone else… — Marc Randolph Business Copy Share Image
The lessons I learned starting Netflix - and over a lifetime of entrepreneurship - are broadly applicable to anyone with a dream. — Marc Randolph Business Copy Share Image
As a student I'd done work with a charity that took inner-city kids from disadvantaged areas and introduced them to hiking and… — Marc Randolph Charity Copy Share Image
By being courageous enough to state the difficult truth, the most important reputation that you will preserve is your own. — Marc Randolph Courage Copy Share Image
Build something, make something, test something, sell something. Learn for yourself if your idea is a good one. — Marc Randolph Copy Share Image
There's nothing worse than the guy who at the party goes, 'Oh, I had that idea two years ago.' Well, then, why… — Marc Randolph Nothing Copy Share Image
The role of a founder-CEO is extremely lonely. You can't always be fully forthcoming with your board or investors or employees. — Marc Randolph Copy Share Image
I certainly don't only watch Netflix. I enjoy the fact there is multiple companies producing content. I think it's great for consumers. — Marc Randolph Copy Share Image
In a two-sided market, focusing on the customer will increase a business's ability to extract value from the supply side. — Marc Randolph Ability Copy Share Image
Now, I love a good factory tour. Drop me into a bottling plant, an automotive assembly line, or a jellybean factory, and… — Marc Randolph Assembly line Copy Share Image
Most people who have ideas, those ideas sit in their head forever until they eventually die. — Marc Randolph Copy Share Image
Most legacy companies get crushed - they get Blockbustered - because they are too afraid to walk away from the status quo,… — Marc Randolph Copy Share Image
The number of people who have successfully scaled a company from dream to post-IPO success - you could list them on the… — Marc Randolph Business Copy Share Image
I wanted to use my story of starting Netflix - the whole thing, warts and all - to show how a dream… — Marc Randolph Dream Copy Share Image
When I first met Jeff Bezos back in the late 90s, the only automated thing in his office was a rotating fan,… — Marc Randolph Copy Share Image
People watch 'The Social Network,' and what they hone in on is the wealth and the parties and the excitement, and they… — Marc Randolph Disappointment Copy Share Image
