Netflix. To się nigdy nie uda

Netflix. To się nigdy nie uda

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  • Create Date:2022-01-17 09:55:59
  • Update Date:2025-09-06
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  • Author:Marc Randolph
  • ISBN:8381297532
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Summary

Idea, wiara i przekonanie。 Opowieść o tym, jak powstawał Netflix。

Dawno, dawno temu na rynku królowały stacjonarne wypożyczalnie filmów。 Wszyscy naliczali kary za przetrzymywanie kaset, o streamingu wideo nikt jeszcze nie słyszał, a upowszechnienie się technologii DVD wydawało się równie bliskie, co wprowadzenie latających deskorolek。 Tak właśnie wyglądał świat w 1997 roku, kiedy Marc Randolph wpadł na pewien pomysł: wykorzystać internet do wypożyczania filmów DVD。 Razem z Reedem Hastingsem, głównym inwestorem, założył firmę, a sam objął fotel dyrektora generalnego。

Teraz, przy blisko 170 milionach subskrybentów, triumf Netflixa wydaje się czymś oczywistym, ale na początku niewielu wierzyło w ten rewolucyjny start-up, a na każdym kroku czaiły się przeszkody。 Marc Randolph, który musiał przekonać własną matkę do zainwestowania w swój biznes, walczyć z padającymi serwerami w dniu uruchomienia serwisu, a nawet zachęcać Blockbustera do przejęcia firmy, teraz pokazuje, jak każdy wytrwały, obdarzony intuicją i determinacją człowiek może zmienić świat – nawet jeśli wszyscy wokół mówią, że to się uda。

Ta książka jest nie tylko opowieścią z pierwszej ręki o początkach legendarnego przedsiębiorstwa。 To także odpowiedź na fundamentalne pytania o podejmowanie ryzyka tak w interesach, jak i w życiu prywatnym: Jak zacząć? Jak przetrwać rozczarowanie i klęskę? Jak poradzić sobie z sukcesem? Czym w ogóle jest sukces?

Od pomysłu, przez budowanie zespołu, aż po świadomość, kiedy należy odpuścić。 Netflix。 To się nigdy nie uda jest nie tylko doskonałą przypowieścią o spełnianiu marzeń, ale też jedną z najbardziej spektakularnych i mądrych lekcji przedsiębiorczości。

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Reviews

Piotr Hołubowicz

Interesting book about Netflix history。many good lessons from the Ex-CEO

GIANNA

A very entertaining book。 I loved the realness of starting a business and the struggle。 Netflix isn't airborn from the "expensive late return fee of Blockbuster" story。 It was a rollercoaster of failed ideas and successful ones, of making tough decisions when it mattered, of trial and error。I liked it honestly! A lot to learn here。 A very entertaining book。 I loved the realness of starting a business and the struggle。 Netflix isn't airborn from the "expensive late return fee of Blockbuster" story。 It was a rollercoaster of failed ideas and successful ones, of making tough decisions when it mattered, of trial and error。I liked it honestly! A lot to learn here。 。。。more

Brad

One of my favorite start up stories by a founder。 Great storylines and the highs and lows of the adventure。

Pete

This is a terrible memoir, not so much because it’s not an interesting story but because Marc Randolph comes across as throughly unlikable, cheap, dull, and boastful。 Then there’s his dated, juvenile sense of humour, such as multiple recountings of the unsanitary practice of putting coins and notes in the urinals and seeing how much would accumulate before someone would retrieve it。 He seems to think this is the height of hilarity and culture-building; one can only hope that whoever retrieved it This is a terrible memoir, not so much because it’s not an interesting story but because Marc Randolph comes across as throughly unlikable, cheap, dull, and boastful。 Then there’s his dated, juvenile sense of humour, such as multiple recountings of the unsanitary practice of putting coins and notes in the urinals and seeing how much would accumulate before someone would retrieve it。 He seems to think this is the height of hilarity and culture-building; one can only hope that whoever retrieved it washed their hands before returning to their desk or the warehouse to post out DVDs。 Other painful aspects include his repeated attempts to pass himself off as some sort of everyman because, of an evening, he would go home to spend an hour or so with his wife and young children before returning to the office; his concern (boo-hoo) that if things didn’t go as well as planned, he might need to sell his million-dollar vineyard; his complaining that good office chairs for his staff are a waste of money (at the same time, he had no issue with splashing out $20,000 for a flight on a corporate jet for a meeting with Blockbuster); then, at the end, he’s back on the corporate jet flying his son to New York for the listing, while (due to the time difference) the poor saps who work for him have to get to the office at six in the morning to hear the announcement of the float price; but, don’t worry, he’s soon back to his faux everyman persona because, after the float, he goes to a pizza restaurant with his son。 。。。more

Mikayla Mangotich

Randolph brings readers on a journey through the rise of Netflix from ideation to it’s IPO。 This book truly captures the spirit of entrepreneurship in all of its glory and pain。 I highly recommend it for any aspiring or current entrepreneurs or business people。 The history of Netflix is fascinating and certainly one to study。 The company’s ability to evolve and stay ahead of the rapid pace of technological development is inspirational。 There is so much to learn from the company’s business, strat Randolph brings readers on a journey through the rise of Netflix from ideation to it’s IPO。 This book truly captures the spirit of entrepreneurship in all of its glory and pain。 I highly recommend it for any aspiring or current entrepreneurs or business people。 The history of Netflix is fascinating and certainly one to study。 The company’s ability to evolve and stay ahead of the rapid pace of technological development is inspirational。 There is so much to learn from the company’s business, strategy, and culture。 。。。more

Timea Albert

I enjoyed this book a lot more than I had expected。 I work in the IT industry myself and I've seen the company I work for grow from a handful of people to 800 and then merge into a 10000-people global organization, so many situations were very familiar and I read the book with a slight nostalgia for the "good old days"。 Of course, the perspective here is totally different from mine: it's presented from the founders' point of view and there are many things I understood now about my own company。 I I enjoyed this book a lot more than I had expected。 I work in the IT industry myself and I've seen the company I work for grow from a handful of people to 800 and then merge into a 10000-people global organization, so many situations were very familiar and I read the book with a slight nostalgia for the "good old days"。 Of course, the perspective here is totally different from mine: it's presented from the founders' point of view and there are many things I understood now about my own company。 I would say it's a must read for everyone thinking of starting their own company, but also engaging and entertaining for anyone even remotely familiar with or interested in entrepreneurship。 。。。more

Jennifer

Excellent!This not a dry business book。 This is an engaging tale from a very talented author who happened to be co-founder for one of the most successful start- ups in history。 Highly recommend for anyone interested in this topic or who just likes a great story told by an excellent writer。

Random1111

8。5

Eric

Super interesting story of how Netflix became what it is from the pov of the creative creator as well

Brian Kramp

This is my favorite genre, so I liked the book, but this is among the worst books in the genre that I've read。 It reads more like an autobiography than a history of the company。 It's almost exclusively from Marc's perspective。 It's filled with dumb little ghost-written bits that don't add to the story and are obviously made up, like "Reed and I talked about it on a walk as I heard a train whistle blow in the distance。。。" It was interesting that it took them nearly a year to come up with the subs This is my favorite genre, so I liked the book, but this is among the worst books in the genre that I've read。 It reads more like an autobiography than a history of the company。 It's almost exclusively from Marc's perspective。 It's filled with dumb little ghost-written bits that don't add to the story and are obviously made up, like "Reed and I talked about it on a walk as I heard a train whistle blow in the distance。。。" It was interesting that it took them nearly a year to come up with the subscription plan, with no late fees and multiple discs。 It sounds so obvious now, but they really thought it wouldn't work。 They had started just doing 1-at-a-time rentals, but it wasn't catching on due to the delay。Notes: "Employees want to be treated like adults。 They want to have a mission to believe in。 A problem to solve, and the space to solve it。" aka Freedom and Responsibility。Nobody knows anything。 。。。more

Marnick Vanloffelt

The amazing thing about Marc's book: He co-founded a business that's now famous for introducing "binge-watching" into our lives, and he wrote a book that can be "binge-read"。 If that's not coming full-circle, I don't now what is。 The amazing thing about Marc's book: He co-founded a business that's now famous for introducing "binge-watching" into our lives, and he wrote a book that can be "binge-read"。 If that's not coming full-circle, I don't now what is。 。。。more

Justin

Absolutely fascinating how perseverance paid off and ultimately how they hit it big time

Charan Kumar

This should be read as a follow-up to Phil Knight's Shoe Dog。 Why? Because it is the story about one of the toughest journies from concept to company, from idea to chaos, and finally to IPO but in Silicon Valley。 A story that says how Netflix became the N in the FAANG or MAANG as of today。 What groundbreaking concepts made it a consumer entertainment giant and how it was in papers as an idea in the late 90s。As the journey progresses, Marc intuitively compares his skills acquired in scouts along This should be read as a follow-up to Phil Knight's Shoe Dog。 Why? Because it is the story about one of the toughest journies from concept to company, from idea to chaos, and finally to IPO but in Silicon Valley。 A story that says how Netflix became the N in the FAANG or MAANG as of today。 What groundbreaking concepts made it a consumer entertainment giant and how it was in papers as an idea in the late 90s。As the journey progresses, Marc intuitively compares his skills acquired in scouts along with building the startup。 This has been wonderfully woven in between the chapters when he figures out many ways from deep troubles and scaling issues。 It was simply like finding out away from the deep dark woods。This gives hope to many irrespective of people pursuing entrepreneurship。 Especially the places where the win-win behind 3 DVD Rentals Free, Reed pitches to the VCs for funding, the slap-in-the-face rejection by Blockbuster during the acquisition proposals, and most importantly, the fact Marc explains why "Nobody。 Knows。 Nothing" was simply inspiring。I was extremely inspired by the reason where Marc goes for "Spare a change" situation, and throughout the book, he claims to have top-notch persuasion skills which he actually proves for his first job by turning a "No" into "Yes" through persuasion。 I think that's the most important skill that turned "That will never work" into something great, literally。Though Marc is a natural storyteller sometimes he forgets when to stop it。 That's okay, I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who's going through their lows and desperately want to turn their tables。 Because hey, Nobody。 Knows。 Anything。 。。。more

Pramod

Unlike other memoirs that take a retrospective view of problems and how they've been solved using great frameworks, this book is a raw presentation of a messy story and hard problems。 Unlike other memoirs that take a retrospective view of problems and how they've been solved using great frameworks, this book is a raw presentation of a messy story and hard problems。 。。。more

Kristin

Ok, I usually save my 5 star reviews for the very best of literature, and I'm not sure this fits that description, but man it was a very fun listen! My husband and I listened to this book as we roadtripped through Oregon and it was such a compelling and engaging story。 Learned a lot, too。 Reminded us both of Shoe Dog, one of our favorites。 Wish there were more fun reads (listens) like this。 Ok, I usually save my 5 star reviews for the very best of literature, and I'm not sure this fits that description, but man it was a very fun listen! My husband and I listened to this book as we roadtripped through Oregon and it was such a compelling and engaging story。 Learned a lot, too。 Reminded us both of Shoe Dog, one of our favorites。 Wish there were more fun reads (listens) like this。 。。。more

Miloni (bookbabe90)

We’ve all heard the Netflix founding story, right? The guy who gets fed up with being charged extra for video rental services and has a brilliant idea about DVD’s – by- mail & launches a company “Netflix” that revolutionizes the entertainment world。 Except that’s not the whole story or even the story。The actual story is so much more complicated and starts with a customized dog food business idea。 Marc Randolph, eager to work for himself keeps coming up new business concepts while carpooling to w We’ve all heard the Netflix founding story, right? The guy who gets fed up with being charged extra for video rental services and has a brilliant idea about DVD’s – by- mail & launches a company “Netflix” that revolutionizes the entertainment world。 Except that’s not the whole story or even the story。The actual story is so much more complicated and starts with a customized dog food business idea。 Marc Randolph, eager to work for himself keeps coming up new business concepts while carpooling to work with Reed Hastings。 When Hastings shows a mild interest in funding his new company, ($2Million!!!!) a DVD-by-mail service, Marc gathers brilliant people to work on the idea。 What follows is a tale of perseverance & luck。 Netflix plays a huge part in shaping the current cultural narrative, & so I was eager to read how it all started。 Tbh, as memoirs go it is a good one with entertaining chapters and little real insight into how Netflix become the behemoth media house it is today。 This is more of a startup success story & a story about nurturing a kind of culture within the company。 There is not much about Netflix as we know of it today, a streaming giant。 Probably because the author, co-founder of Netflix, left in 2003 and since then or maybe even before that, it’s actually been Hastings who is driving the company forward。 What was interesting & implicit in the writing was the power struggle between Hastings & Randolph。 So, I wonder how much of this narrative is authentic。That being said, it was an engaging, well told story。 If you’ve ever wanted to create something or do something by yourself, reading this book may certainly help! 。。。more

Roksana

3。5Książka to subiektywne wspomnienia twórcy。

Augustin Grigorov

This book is mostly targeted to people who are at least curious about what the process is, and what it takes to start their own business。 Judged on those terms it's one of the best books I've ever read on this topic, up there with "Shoe dog"。 It checks all the boxes - an interesting business to write about, an objective and not the least bit starry-eyed assesment of all the twists and turns along the way。 Enough detail to get something out of it but not so much that it gets boring。 It really is This book is mostly targeted to people who are at least curious about what the process is, and what it takes to start their own business。 Judged on those terms it's one of the best books I've ever read on this topic, up there with "Shoe dog"。 It checks all the boxes - an interesting business to write about, an objective and not the least bit starry-eyed assesment of all the twists and turns along the way。 Enough detail to get something out of it but not so much that it gets boring。 It really is the complete package。 I am now much more aware of the costs of starting a company and the sacrifices you have to make as well as some major pitfalls that one could encounter。 The book's central message is that the best way to get started is to just start experimenting with ideas。 You never know if an idea will work until you try。 Something that it makes a compelling and inspiring case for, and it definitely convinced me。 。。。more

Agata

Momentami niezła, momentami przegadana/ kawałkami inspirująca/ całościowo przyjemna do przeczytania。

Davied Lubinson

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Toño S

An interesting and motivating story, many entrepreneurs will find themselves in lines of this book。

Mariya

Amazing, inspiring and full of great entrepreneurial insights! Very easy to read! Highly recommended 👌

Gary B Thompson

It did work。I enjoyed this back story to Netflix。 It wasn't a long ride on how it got to where it was。 It just told you how it started, who with and how it survived early on。The main story we know from media and the internet。 But this was interesting in showing how things start and when things change for everyone。Good stuff。 It did work。I enjoyed this back story to Netflix。 It wasn't a long ride on how it got to where it was。 It just told you how it started, who with and how it survived early on。The main story we know from media and the internet。 But this was interesting in showing how things start and when things change for everyone。Good stuff。 。。。more

Anto Pinjatić

Great book。

Carlos

No se trata de un libro que explique todo el proceso de la creación de Netflix (de hecho, no se conoce cuando pasa a ser una empresa de entretenimiento por streaming)。 Pero me gusta como el autor ofrece su punto de vista de la creación de la start-up, y resulta algo emotivo al final。

LoringNotBoring

Some great stories about starting Netflix。 It’s basically a longer version of a “how I built this” episode without Guy Raz to keep the speaker on track。 Slow start but some good takeaways, overall worth a read。

TAYBOOK

I like the book it was a great journey but ı hated the songs which they sing at the office parties :D hahah ı advise this book。

Mike

Geen Literatuur met grote L, maar wel een leuk geschreven boek over de begindagen van Netflix (toen het nog een DVD verhuurbedrijf was), van de hand van de mede-oprichter。Mooi om te zien hoe ze gefocust maar flexibel werken richting hun doel, daarbij niet bang om winstgevende activiteiten stop te zetten als dat hun focus dreigt te verstoren en zaken te complex dreigt te maken。

Jerry Murphy

This isas book of two halves I think。 The first half is a fascinating account of the birth and growing pangs of a start-up company。 Then it morphs into a tide of self-congratulation and hubris。 What ended my identification with and empathy for the author was the lay-off scene and how the disruption and severe dislocation in the lives of the laid-off employees was a good thing。 The justification being that only 'superstars' were left。 Please。 We all know how these things go: those sycophants whos This isas book of two halves I think。 The first half is a fascinating account of the birth and growing pangs of a start-up company。 Then it morphs into a tide of self-congratulation and hubris。 What ended my identification with and empathy for the author was the lay-off scene and how the disruption and severe dislocation in the lives of the laid-off employees was a good thing。 The justification being that only 'superstars' were left。 Please。 We all know how these things go: those sycophants whose only interest is self-promotion are always kept on。 What was genuinely upsetting was the story of how a laid-off employee called up to Marc to thank him for everything and to enquire if Marc was OK after his long day of laying people off。 Is there no level of self-abasement that some people will not sink to? 。。。more

Rodrigo Torres

Los libros de emprendimiento y de lecciones de persistencia siempre me han gustado。 Este es particularmente interesante porque Netflix cambió la forma del entrenamiento para siempre。 Muy recomendado