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
In the U.S., HBO is a very aggressive service.
broad country global league premiere tends tv
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.
internet hard happens
Something will eventually replace the Internet. But it's hard to know what and when it will happen.
success country knowing
But it may be one of our best markets in the long term because when the Japanese society embraces a brand it is a very deep connection, so we're willing to make that investment knowing that it's not the quick route to success that might be in other countries.
dvds two netflix
It is clear that for many of our members two websites would make things more difficult, so we are going to keep Netflix as one place to go for streaming and DVDs.
government trying world
The Costa Rican government is prioritizing laying fiber optic over paving roads. Costa Rica is trying to become one of the Internet societies. This is happening throughout the world.
responsibility hard-work thinking
At Netflix, we think you have to build a sense of responsibility where people care about the enterprise. Hard work, like long hours at the office, doesn't matter as much to us. We care about great work.
memories smart thinking
When we think about online learning, it's such 'early days.' Bill Gates is a wildly smart insightful guy. Yet, even a guy as smart and insightful as that, 30 years ago can say things like,'Who's every going to need more than 640K of memory?'
school technology organization
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.
fun hard
I've worked very hard, but my life's always been fun.
hate stuff i-hate
I hate the photo shoots. I hate all that stuff.
hbo watches bunch
I'm an HBO subscriber, and I watch a bunch of great shows on HBO.
independent watches film
I watch mostly independent films.
hbo aggressive
In the U.S., HBO is a very aggressive service.