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Reed Hastings quotes

American Businessman October 8, 1960

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Reed Hastings quote: "I've worked very hard, but my life's always been fun."
I've worked very hard, but my life's always been fun. Reed Hastings
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. Reed Hastings
Reed Hastings quote: "If the Starbucks secret is a smile when you get your latte......"
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
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. Reed Hastings
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. Reed Hastings
Reed Hastings quote: "In hindsight, I slid into arrogance based upon past success."
In hindsight, I slid into arrogance based upon past success. Reed Hastings
About half my work in education is U.S. political reform around school districts and charter schools, and creating more room for entrepreneurial organizations to develop. And about half on technology, which I look at as a global platform. Reed Hastings
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. Reed Hastings
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
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
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
Reed Hastings quote: "What's got me excited about the education space is the growth..."
What's got me excited about the education space is the growth of the Internet over the next 10, 20, 30 years. Reed Hastings
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. Reed Hastings
In the States, there's ESPN3, and each country has different options, and other than premiere league football, there tends to be very little global content. And movie and TV rights are pretty broad content. Reed Hastings
My first company, Pure Software, was exciting and innovative in the first few years and bureaucratic and painful in the last few before it got acquired. The problem was we tried to systemize everything and set up perfect procedures. Reed Hastings

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