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Marc Randolph        

Entrepreneur, Netflix Co-Founder, National Best-Selling Author, Executive Mentor & Angel Investor

Marc Randolph is a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, advisor, and investor. As co-founder and first CEO of Netflix, he laid much of the groundwork for a service that’s grown to over 200 million subscribers, and fundamentally altered how the world experiences media. He also served on the Netflix board of directors until retiring from the company in 2003. Randolph’s career as an entrepreneur spans four decades. He’s founded or co-founded six other successful startups, mentored hundreds of early-stage entrepreneurs, and as an investor has helped seed dozens of successful tech ventures (and just as many unsuccessful ones).

Most recently, Randolph co-founded analytics software company Looker Data Sciences, which was acquired by Google in 2019 for $2.6 billion. He currently sits on the boards of Solo Brands, Augment Technologies, Dishcraft Technologies and the Truckee Donner Land Trust.

Randolph is also the author of the internationally best-selling memoir, “That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and The Amazing Life of an Idea” which tells the untold story of Netflix. He is host of the top-10 Apple podcast “That Will Never Work,” where he works directly with entrepreneurs to provide 1-on-1 mentoring. Randolph is also a judge and investor on Entrepreneur Magazine’s “Elevator Pitch” web series.

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FIRESIDE CHAT WITH MARC RANDOLPH

THAT WILL NEVER WORK: THE BIRTH OF NETFLIX AND THE AMAZING LIFE OF AN IDEA

Netflix Founder and startup CEO Marc Randolph shares the unlikely story of how a handful of dreamers with no money and a bad idea, created the company that eventually brought down Blockbuster. Packed with dozens of stories that trace the dramatic ups and downs of those first exciting years, Marc weaves an inspiring story that shows the value of innovation, persistence and optimism. Along the way he shares some of the many values that he believes made Netflix successful, including a focus on analytics and testing, its novel corporate culture, and its almost fanatical obsession with focus. Equal parts inspiration, start up story, and practical tips, it’s a message that resonates well with anyone who appreciates a good “overcoming adversity” story.

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Netflix Cofounder Marc Randolph Has A Memoir Out In September
Netflix cofounder and former CEO Marc Randolph will be releasing a book on Sept. 17, 2019 through Little, Brown and Company, the publisher announced ...
Netflix Redefines its DVD Business

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