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
years becoming looks
Fibre optic is becoming like electricity. If you look at how electricity spread around the globe 100 years ago, that's what's happening now.
mistake apples orange
Comparing Apple to Netflix is like comparing apples to oranges, especially if the oranges made so many mistakes that people stopped eating oranges and just went back to Blockbuster.
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.
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.
fundamentals crisis distracted
Don’t get distracted by the shiny object [and if a crisis comes], execute on the fundamentals.
thinking years television
I think there will be 20 years of evolution from linear broadcast to internet television.
years dvds battle
I founded Netflix. I've built it steadily over 12 years now, first with DVD becoming profitable in 2002, a head-to-head ferocious battle with Blockbuster and evolving the company toward streaming.
jobs long leader
Great leaders, like Steve Jobs or Jeff Bezos, also focused on the long term.
tv-shows tvs netflix
Our brand at Netflix is really focused on movies and TV shows.
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.
years tvs years-ago
Broadcast TV is like the landline of 20 years ago.
life-lesson bigs flexible
Be big, fast and flexible.
years innovation littles
On the Internet you get continuous innovation, so every year the streams are a little better.