Marc Randolph is a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, advisor, and investor. As co-founder and first CEO of Netflix, he laid much of the groundwork for a service that’s grown to over 275 million subscribers, and fundamentally altered how the world experiences media.
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Marc travels the world conducting speaking events in partnership with the world’s biggest brands, leaving delighted and energized audiences in his wake. He speaks primarily on the topics of innovation, disruption, entrepreneurship, and corporate culture – inspiring his audience to think differently, as well as leaving them with actionable strategies to do so.
Whether it’s a 20,000 seat arena or an intimate corporate boardroom, Marc will energize, entertain, and educate your audience sharing the lessons he learned as the co-founder and first CEO of Netflix and his 40-years as an entrepreneur.
That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea
Netflix Founder and startup CEO Marc Randolph shares the unlikely story of how a handful of dreamers with no money and a bad idea, created the company that eventually brought down Blockbuster. Packed with dozens of stories that trace the dramatic ups and downs of those first exciting years, Marc weaves an inspiring story that shows the value of innovation, persistence and optimism. Along the way he shares some of the many values that he believes made Netflix successful, including a focus on analytics and testing, its novel corporate culture, and its almost fanatical obsession with focus. Equal parts inspiration, start-up story, and practical tips, it’s a message that resonates well with anyone who appreciates a good “overcoming adversity” story.
Fireside Chat with Marc Randolph
In this conversational format, Marc will address questions on the following topics: The birth of Netflix, entrepreneurship, innovation, Marc’s bestselling book, That Will Never Work; the value of persistence and optimism in business, leadership, company culture, tech ventures, Marc’s successes/failures at Netflix & other companies, Marc’s podcast, environmental advocacy and balance.
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Marc Randolph is a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, advisor, and investor. As co-founder and first CEO of Netflix, he laid much of the groundwork for a service that’s grown to over 275 million subscribers, and fundamentally altered how the world experiences media.
Marc’s career as an entrepreneur spans four decades. He’s founded or co-founded six other successful startups, mentored hundreds of early-stage entrepreneurs, and as an investor has helped seed dozens of successful tech ventures (and even more unsuccessful ones). Most recently, Marc co-founded analytics software company Looker Data Sciences, which was acquired by Google in 2019 for $2.6 billion.
Marc is also the author of the internationally best-selling memoir, That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and The Amazing Life of an Idea which tells the untold story of Netflix. He is host of the top-10 Apple podcast That Will Never Work, where he works directly with entrepreneurs to provide 1-on-1 mentoring. Marc is also a judge and investor on Entrepreneur Magazine’s Elevator Pitch web series.
Follow Marc on: Instagram (#marcrandolph), Twitter (@mbrandolph), LinkedIn (MarcRandolph), and TikTok (marc_randolph)
