Reed Hastings
Reed Hastings
Reed Hastings,is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the co-founder and CEO of Netflix and serves on the boards of Facebook and a number of non-profit organizations. A former member of the California State Board of Education, Hastings is an advocate for education reform through charter schools...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth8 October 1960
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
smile secret taste
If the Starbucks secret is a smile when you get your latte... ours is that the Web site adapts to the individual's taste.
life change life-changing
Don't be afraid to change the model.
years innovation littles
On the Internet you get continuous innovation, so every year the streams are a little better.
entrepreneur stupidity bird
But as an entrepreneur you have to feel like you can jump out of an aeroplane because you're confident that you'll catch a bird flying by. It's an act of stupidity, and most entrepreneurs go splat because the bird doesn't come by, but a few times it does.
nice aspirin want
When there’s an ache, you want to be like aspirin, not vitamins. Aspirin solves a very particular problem someone has, whereas vitamins are a general ‘nice to have’ market.
life-lesson bigs flexible
Be big, fast and flexible.
years tvs years-ago
Broadcast TV is like the landline of 20 years ago.
technology epic iron
Stone Age. Bronze Age. Iron Age. We define entire epics of humanity by the technology they use.
tv-shows tvs netflix
Our brand at Netflix is really focused on movies and TV shows.
fundamentals crisis distracted
Don’t get distracted by the shiny object [and if a crisis comes], execute on the fundamentals.
tv-shows watches tvs
The Netflix brand for TV shows is really all about binge viewing. The ability to get hooked and watch episode after episode.
internet bases knows
I don't know of any Internet service that opens on a regional basis.
technology years long
In fact, technology has been the story of human progress from as long back as we know. In 100 years people will look back on now and say, 'That was the Internet Age.' And computers will be seen as a mere ingredient to the Internet Age.
space years growth
What's got me excited about the education space is the growth of the Internet over the next 10, 20, 30 years.