Marc Randolph quotes

The simple reason I like every idea is that I'm an optimist. (Marc Randolph)
No one has ever asked me to give a graduation speech. But in my years of working with aspiring entrepreneurs, many of them in college, I've gotten used to giving advice. View quote
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When entrepreneurs talk about their success, they rarely talk about luck. I think that's because most of them think the concept denigrates the hard work and smart thinking they put into their projects. But luck is a huge part of any successful business. View quote
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That became the Netflix culture: radical honesty. View quote
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Luck was a huge part of the Netflix story. View quote
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I just always believed we would succeed. Even when everyone else said my ideas were ridiculous. Even when we were almost out of money. Even when the metrics were all upside down. I always have confidence that I'll figure something out. I just have that confidence that things are going to work out fine. View quote
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The real story of Netflix is complicated: an epic tale full of struggle, disappointment, drama, humor, and achievement. View quote
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Companies become what they want to become. View quote
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Iteration, not ideation, is the most important part of early stage entrepreneurship. You have to have a lot of ideas - a lot of bad ideas - if you want to end up with a good one. View quote
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When we were kicking around the idea for Netflix in 1997, proving out an idea was expensive and labor-intensive. There was no Squarespace, no cloud. If you wanted a website, you had to build it from scratch. If you wanted an online store, you had to completely design it yourself. View quote
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Some of my fondest memories of the early years of Netflix have to do with our efforts to figure out the most efficient, effective, and fast methods to get DVDs to people all over the country. (Marc Randolph)
Netflix is famous for its corporate culture, which rightly emphasizes directness and personal responsibility. View quote
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The role of a founder-CEO is extremely lonely. You can't always be fully forthcoming with your board or investors or employees. View quote
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Netflix was my sixth start-up, and that point I decided I didn't have it in me to start another company. At least that's what I thought at the time. View quote
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Once you're an entrepreneur you're always an entrepreneur, and you need that fix. View quote
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When a company gets bigger, when it begins to bring on employees, it naturally goes through this tendency of wanting to control, of wanting to build process - essentially to say not every one of our customers or employees has great judgment. View quote
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Culture is a critical piece of success. View quote
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Risk taking in business is one thing. Risk taking in your personal safety is a different thing. View quote
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Most legacy companies get crushed - they get Blockbustered - because they are too afraid to walk away from the status quo, to embrace what the future is. View quote
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Poor leaders have a certain style and that's the only style they have. View quote
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There's nothing worse than the guy who at the party goes, 'Oh, I had that idea two years ago.' Well, then, why didn't you do something two years ago? (Marc Randolph)
Most people who have ideas, those ideas sit in their head forever until they eventually die. View quote
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No one knows what's a good idea or a bad idea until you try it. View quote
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If you apprentice yourself to the smartest people who will take you seriously, you will learn at every step. You'll learn their special language. You'll see what real people do. Your interests might surprise you. They will evolve. And you'll be well-positioned to take advantage of whatever opportunity life throws your way. View quote
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When an opportunity comes knocking, you don't necessarily have to open your door. But you owe it to yourself to at least look through the keyhole. View quote
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