A review by eznark
That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea by Marc Randolph

4.0

As someone who has been a Netflix member since I bought a DVD player in 1998 or so, this was a fun read. I felt like I had an almost personal connection to the growth of this company just from being able to remember a lot of the changes described. It was a fun to see behind the curtain on why some of these decisions were made.

From an origin story/leadership education standpoint it was great as well. I'd put it up there with Creativity, Inc. in terms of tech founding stories written by grounded, personable and mostly relateable people.

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