{"product_id":"that-will-never-work-by-marc-randolph","title":"That Will Never Work By Marc Randolph","description":"\u003ch4\u003eThat Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix by the first CEO and co-founder Marc Randolph\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of Phil Knight's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSHOE DOG\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ecomes the incredible untold story of how Netflix went from concept to company - all revealed by co-founder and first CEO Marc Randolph.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Engaging and insightful.' Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Charming, fascinating and very funny. Marc Randolph demystifies the world of Silicon Valley start-ups, and makes you laugh a lot along the way.' Decca Aitkenhead,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A charming first-person account of the early days of one of the most successful tech start-ups ever.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce upon a time, brick-and-mortar video stores were king. Late fees were ubiquitous, video-streaming unheard of, and DVD adoption seemed as imminent as flying cars. These were the widely accepted laws of the land in 1997 when Marc Randolph had an idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was a simple thought - leveraging the internet to rent movies - and was just one of many more proposals, like personalised baseball bats, that Randolph would pitch to his business partner, Reed Hastings. But Hastings was intrigued, and the pair - with Hastings as the primary investor and Randolph as the CEO - founded a company.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow with over 150 million subscribers, Netflix's triumph feels inevitable but the twenty-first century's most disruptive start-up began with few believers and calamity at every turn. Marc Randolph's transformational journey exemplifies how anyone with grit and determination can change the world - even with an idea that many think will never work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat emerges, however, isn't just the inside story of one of the world's most iconic companies. Full of counter-intuitive concepts and written in binge-worthy prose, it answers some of our most fundamental questions about taking that leap of faith in life: How do you begin? How do you weather disappointment and failure? What\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eis\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003esuccess?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom idea generation to team building to knowing when to let go,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHAT WILL NEVER WORK\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis one of the most dramatic and insightful entrepreneurial stories of our time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eBook Information\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003ePublished: 31\/08\/2021\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eGenre: Biography, Business, Self-help, Personal development\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003ePages: 312\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eDimensions: 234 x 154mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marc Randolph","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51622844432694,"sku":"9781913068073","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/2811\/3956\/files\/Book-2025-02-22T123105.350.jpg?v=1740187879","url":"https:\/\/puzzlesrusmore.au\/products\/that-will-never-work-by-marc-randolph","provider":"booksrusandmore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}