Reed Hastings
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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
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We tried not to get drunk on the future, but actually to predict it accurately.
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If the Starbucks secret is a smile when you get your latte, ... ours is that the Web site adapts to the individual's taste.
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About half my work in education is U.S. political reform around school districts and charter schools, and creating more room for entrepreneurial organizations to develop. And about half on technology, which I look at as a global platform.
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Our outlook for the future reflects the continuing rapid subscriber growth and the increasing impact of the cost advantages and other financial benefits that flow from our market leadership.
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I think the stock will trade down significantly because of lower profits for the next year, but the long term value (will rise) -- in two years -- because of our actions today, being decisive and taking the steps to ensure our continued leadership in this larger market with larger competitors.
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In the States, there's ESPN3, and each country has different options, and other than premiere league football, there tends to be very little global content. And movie and TV rights are pretty broad content.
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It turns out that all Netflix streaming peak on Saturday night can fit inside a single fiber optic, which is the size of one human hair.
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There's a finite market for DVD-by-mail, and the growth over the next 10 years will be in streaming.
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We are seeing the beginning of things, ... Web 2.0 is broadband. Web 3.0 is 10 gigabits a second.
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We are seeing the beginning of things. Web 2.0 is broadband. Web 3.0 is 10 gigabits a second.
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Taking smart risks can be very gratifying.
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Be brutally honest about the short term and optimistic and confident about the long term.
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Be big, fast and flexible.
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I don't know of any Internet service that opens on a regional basis.