There's a finite market for DVD-by-mail, and the growth over the next 10 years will be in streaming. Reed Hastings dvdfinitegrowth Change image and share on social
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. Reed Hastings battleblockbusterbuild Change image and share on social
So much of the downstream revenue is linked to that initial excitement, to how much revenue is produced in the domestic box office. For example, what we pay for a film three years later is highly correlated to how well it did in the box office. Reed Hastings boxcorrelatedomestic share on social
If the Starbucks secret is a smile when you get your latte... ours is that the Web site adapts to the individual's taste. Reed Hastings adaptindividuallatte Change image and share on social
I've worked very hard, but my life's always been fun. Reed Hastings funhardhave Change image and share on social
I think there will be 20 years of evolution from linear broadcast to internet television. Reed Hastings broadcastevolutioninternet Change image and share on social
Think of Internet on the TV like the Web browser. The amount of time you spend on the PC in the browser is just going to grow continuously. Reed Hastings amountbrowsercontinuously Change image and share on social
Well, we're about 24 million subscribers today, and that's up from about 15 million a year ago, so it's a very high rate of growth, and that's what's exciting about the business - more and more people are getting smart TVs, they're watching Netflix on their iPads. Reed Hastings agobusinessexcit share on social
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?' Reed Hastings 640kagobill share on social
On the Internet you get continuous innovation, so every year the streams are a little better. Reed Hastings continuousinnovationinternet Change image and share on social
