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Marc Randolph

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California, United States

Co-Founder of Netflix, National Bestselling Author, Executive Mentor & Angel Investor

Marc Randolph is a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, international best-selling author, advisor, investor, podcast host, and perhaps best known as the co-founder of Netflix. On top of Netflix, Marc has founded or co-founded six other successful startups, mentored hundreds of early-stage entrepreneurs, and has helped invest in dozens of successful tech ventures (as just as many unsuccessful ones).

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Innovation & Change Management Technology & Trends Youth & Campus Motivation & Inspiration

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That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of An Idea

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 believes made Netflix successful, including a focus on analytics and testing, its novel corporate culture, and its 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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Audience reviews:

While Marc Randolph is certainly a successful entrepreneur and co-founder of Netflix, his most significant role may be that of mentor. I've seen it first hand on the campus of High Point University where Marc serves as Entrepreneur in Residence. Our students listen intensely to his advice and counsel, and they line up to receive feedback on their entrepreneurial endeavors and in general, their life path. In Nobody Knows Anything, Marc puts to paper a lifetime of learnings, trial and error, and a system to ensure the reader can embrace the type of growth mindset that creates success and significance. - President, High Point University
There isn't anyone Marc can't inspire. Entrepreneurs or not, his inspirational story really humanizes taking risks and going after what you want, even if it isn't easy. He's funny, relatable, and leaves the audience with actionable steps to be successful.
- CEO, Headbands of Hope
Marc is a great storyteller with lessons that can be applied to all business; from startups to legacy brands. He is logical, down-to-earth and entertaining. His personal stories demonstrate a unique perspective on transforming mindsets on behalf of companies and brands in an ever-evolving digital age. - Director of Customer Experience, Aflac
Marc Randolph leverages his decades of experience in Silicon Valley to encourage everyone, anyone and nobody to follow their dreams. Adopting his strategies to reduce time to insight, embrace risk, and simply take action, the reader will start to think like a start-up, develop as a leader and innovate. - Head of Global Marketing and Alliances, Bristlecone
Marc Randolph spoke at many CIOsynergy conferences through North America and he was an outstanding speaker. His though provoking keynotes have underlined Marc as one of our most demanded keynotes. - CEO & Founder, CIOSynergy

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That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea

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Speaker Biography

Marc Randolph is a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, advisor, and investor. As co-founder and first CEO of Netflix, he laid much of the groundwork for a service that’s grown to over 200 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, Marc co-founded analytics software company Looker Data Sciences, which was acquired by Google in 2019 for $2.6 billion. He currently sits on the boards of Solo Brands, Augment Technologies, Dishcraft Technologies and the Truckee Donner Land Trust.

Marc is also the author of the internationally best-selling memoir, That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and The Amazing Life of an Idea which tells the untold story of Netflix. He is host of the top-10 Apple podcast That Will Never Work, where he works directly with entrepreneurs to provide 1-on-1 mentoring. Marc is also a judge and investor on Entrepreneur Magazine’s Elevator Pitch web series.

Some of Marc’s engagements include Fortune 1000 and strategic clients such as PwC, Aflac, CIOsynergy, Gartner, Pfizer, and Scansource.

Marc is the founder/co-founder of Looker Data Science (2012), Netflix (1996), IntegrityQA (1995), MicroWarehouse (1988), MacWarehouse (1987), MacUser Magazine (1986), Guitar Magazine (1984) and Mailbox Music (1983).

Currently, he is a mentor and/or board member at Augment Technologies (www.augmentcxm.com) – 2014 to present, Dishcraft Robotics (www.dishcraft.com) – 2016 to present, Trusty (www.trustyco.com) – 2018 to present, Solo Brands (www.solobrands.com / NYSE:DTC) – 2021 to present, StageTen (www.stageten.tv) – 2021 to present, Truckee Donner Land Trust (www.truckeedonnerlandtrust.org) – 2021 to present and Cadence (www.keepyourcadence.com) – 2021 to Present.

Previously, Marc was a mentor and board member at Chubbies Shorts (www.chubbies.com) – 2014-2021, National Outdoor Leadership School (www.NOLS.edu) – 2011-2021, One Percent for the Planet (www.onepercentfortheplanet.org) – 2015-2021, Getable (www.getable.com) – 2010-2016, OpenEd (www.opened.io) – 2014-2016, Rafter (www.rafter.com – 2011-2014 and SpeakerText (www.speakertext.com) – 2010-2012.