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Netflix Launched 25 Years Ago Today

Exactly 25 years ago today - on April 14th, 1998, at 8 am in the morning, Eric Meyer leaned forward, tapped a few keys on his laptop, and launched Netflix to the world.

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Netflix Co-Founder Helps Direct Startups Amid Tech Turmoil

Longtime Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is renowned for building a video streaming service that has transformed entertainment, but it probably wouldn’t have happened if not for his friendship with serial entrepreneur Marc Randolph.

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Santa Cruz Works Fireside Chat with Marc Randolph

On October 2, Marc Randolph (1st CEO of Netflix) came to our Santa Cruz Works New Tech: The Impossible Possible event to talk about his new book - That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea. This fireside chat was hosted by Drew Myer from Amazon.

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Come hang with Marc Randolph, Netflix co-founder, Looker board-member, and author of a bold new memoir

There’s a scene early in Marc Randolph’s new book, That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea, that takes place at Lulu Carpenters at the top of Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz. Randolph has been pitching his future partner, Reed Hastings, on a slew of business ideas. This has been happening for months while the two men commute over Highway 17

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