Just Do It with Netflix Co-Founder Marc Randolph
We are joined by one of the world's foremost Thought Leaders and a man who changed the way we consume media on this week's episode. Marc Randolph co-founded Netflix in 1997 and was the company\u2019s first CEO. Netflix\u2019s initial business model included DVD sales and rental by mail, but Marc made the decision to abandon sales about a year after the company's founding to focus on the initial DVD rental business. The company's primary business is now focussed on its subscription -based streaming service which offers online streaming of a library of films and television programs, including those produced in-house. With over 180million users worldwide, it\u2019s safe to say Marc laid the groundwork that revolutionised the way the world consumes media.After retiring fully from the company in 2003, Marc has been an active investor and a booster of the Santa Cruz tech community. In an entrepreneurial career spanning over 4 decades, Mark\u2019s founded or co-founded six other successful startups and mentored hundreds of early stage entrepreneurs. Recently, he co-founded analytics software company Looker Data Sciences, which was sold to Google for $2.6 billion, where he now serves as director. We discuss testing your ideas in the real world, the importance of teamwork in startups, dealing with criticism and defying the odds, what made Netflix great, young entrepreneurship and helping others.\xa0