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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.

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Most entrepreneurial ideas will sound crazy, stupid and uneconomic, and then they'll turn out to be right.

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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.

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It turns out that all Netflix streaming peak on Saturday night can fit inside a single fiber optic, which is the size of one human hair.

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There is a revolution happening, and within two years I think that Wi-Fi and Netflix will be built into all the televisions.

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Stone Age. Bronze Age. Iron Age. We define entire epics of humanity by the technology they use.

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But as an entrepreneur you have to feel like you can jump out of an aeroplane because you're confident that you'll catch a bird flying by. It's an act of stupidity, and most entrepreneurs go splat because the bird doesn't come by, but a few times it does.

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If the Starbucks secret is a smile when you get your latte... ours is that the Web site adapts to the individual's taste.

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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.

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Most companies that are great at something - like AOL dialup or Borders bookstores - do not become great at new things people want (streaming for us) because they are afraid to hurt their initial business.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: October 8th, 1960

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