Netflix Co-Founder, Executive Mentor, and Angel Investor
Marc Randolph: Biography at a Glance
- Marc Randoph, as co-founder and founding CEO of Netflix, laid much of the groundwork for a service that’s grown to 150 million subscribers, and fundamentally altered how the world experiences media.
- Although best known for starting Netflix, 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 invested in dozens of successful tech ventures.
- Most recently, he co-founded analytics software company Looker Data Sciences, where he now serves as director.
- Outside of the tech and startup world, Marc sits on the boards of Chubbies Shorts, Augment Technologies, 1% For The Planet, and the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS).
- His dynamic keynote presentations focus on what it takes for entrepreneurs to innovate. His message is a blend of inspiration, stories drawn from the starting and growing of Netflix, and dozens of concrete suggestions on how audiences can bring innovation back to their own companies.
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Biography
Marc Randolph is a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, advisor, and investor. As co-founder and founding CEO of Netflix, he laid much of the groundwork for a service that’s grown to 150 million subscribers, and fundamentally altered how the world experiences media. He also served on the Netflix board of directors until retiring from the company in 2003.
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 just as many unsuccessful ones). Most recently, he co-founded analytics software company Looker Data Sciences, where he now serves as director.
Outside of the tech and startup world, Marc sits on the boards of Chubbies Shorts, Augment Technologies, the environmental advocacy group 1% For The Planet, and the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), which he’s been involved with for most of his life.
A resident of Santa Cruz, California, Marc travels and speaks all over the world, and still probably manages to go surfing more than you do.
Topics
Where Ideas Come From: How Silicon Valley startups turn ideas into reality
Anyone who has taken a shower has had an idea. But how do you turn those ideas into reality? Netflix Founder and startup CEO Marc Randolph will share dozens of tips, tricks and stories drawn from his 4 decades as an entrepreneur that will help you more easily come up with innovative ideas, validate them, and get your new venture off the ground. Equal parts inspiration, start up stories, and practical tips, it’s a message that resonates equally well with students, early stage entrepreneurs, and any businessperson looking to bring innovation to their business.
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll wonder who the hell comes up with this crap!
How to Get Your Company Thinking like a Startup: What Silicon Valley has to teach us about innovation
The world is changing rapidly – and companies that can’t innovate effectively are going to be left behind. But while innovation is easy to aspire to, it’s hard to do. Netflix founder and startup CEO Marc Randolph will share dozens of effective tips, tricks and stories drawn from his 4 decades as an entrepreneur that will help you make your company more responsive to changing conditions = regardless of your company’s size or industry.
Netflixed: How a scrappy startup brought down Blockbuster and built one of the world’s best known brands
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 believe made Netflix successful, including a focus on analytics and testing, its novel corporate culture, and it’s 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.
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