Marc Randolph quotes - page 3

I exited Netflix on wonderful terms, but I don't think I was totally at peace. (Marc Randolph)
As entrepreneurs, or artists, or just people with dreams, the worst thing you can do is get so caught up in planning the perfect idea that you never get around to actually... well, doing it. I call this building castles in your mind. View quote
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My first real job lasted for three years. It ended the day I was unceremoniously fired. View quote
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Collaborative decision-making is very poor in crises. View quote
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It was a long, circuitous route from my mom's real estate business to Netflix. It didn't happen overnight. Or in a year. Or even in ten years. But it happened. View quote
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With people, if you see something you want to change, you can make the change immediately. And if that doesn't work, you can change it again half an hour later. You can't do that with a robot. They're terrible at experimenting. View quote
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I came from years and years in the direct marketing industry where everything is layered. View quote
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In the years after I left Netflix, the company I co-founded, I didn't want to puff myself up or tear anyone else down. View quote
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I tell aspiring entrepreneurs all the time: Validate your idea locally. Get some experience under your belt. Prove your idea has legs where you are. Spend some time as a big fish in a small pond. Demonstrate that there's a there there... there. Where you live. View quote
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Who knows what form storytelling will take in the future? View quote
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I mean, at the simplest level, my entire background was in marketing, which largely is about understanding a customer, being able to be intuitive, being able to be empathetic. (Marc Randolph)
I'm this big believer that culture is not what you say, it's what you do. Who cares about your PowerPoint and about what you've carved into your cornerstone? If it's not being modeled, it won't be readable. View quote
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People are always advised to follow your dreams, but in 'That Will Never Work' I show them how! View quote
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Most people have a kind of survivor bias about luck. When something wonderful happens - when preparation meets opportunity, with excellent results - we think: 'How lucky!' But we don't usually acknowledge all the times when things just... fizzle out. All the times when preparation comes to nothing. View quote
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Marc Randolph

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Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: American Businessman
Born: April 29, 1958
Quotes count: 64