Netflix: How a “crazy idea” became a billion-dollar company
Announcement posted by Markson Sparks! 30 Aug 2018
Netflix: How a “crazy idea” became a billion-dollar company
Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph reveals how a “crazy idea” grew from nothing into a digital juggernaut with over 130 million customers worldwide.
Marc Randolph, founding CEO of Netflix, built a business he describes as a “crazy idea” into a market disruptor worth billions. He wants to tell you how he did it. Find out when he speaks in person for one night only in Sydney and Melbourne on THURSDAY 20 and MONDAY 24 September.
“Sometime in the early morning hours of April 14th, 1998, the Netflix site went live for the first time,” Randolph once said. “We lasted about [six] hours before the site crashed for the first of many (many!) times that morning.
“By that night we had just over 100 customers. Just over three years later we celebrated our 500,000th subscriber,” he said. Today, Netflix is a global business phenomenon with over 130 million customers worldwide.
The unlikely story behind Netflix highlights how a handful of dreamers created the company that eventually brought down Blockbuster. Randolph will reveal the details of his story live at two unique events in Sydney and Melbourne as a guest of Australia’s largest startup and growth conference, StartCon, part of the Freelancer.com family.
“Marc has founded more than half a dozen successful startups across his 40-year entrepreneurial career,” Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie said. “He mentors hundreds of new entrepreneurs, invests in many tech ventures and understands how failure can be a springboard for success. He’s got the goods, and we’re very proud to be bringing him to Australia.”
Marc Randolph will be speaking in person for one night only at the State Theatre Sydney on Thursday 20th September and at the Melbourne Town Hall on Monday September 24th. TICKETS FOR BOTH EVENTS AVAILABLE FROM TICKETMASTER
TO INTERVIEW MATT BARRIE , to arrange ticket giveaway contests email lspencer@freelancer.com or call Leon Spencer on 0409 048 569 OR email max@marksonsparks.com or call Max Markson 0412501601
About Marc Randolph Marc Randolph is a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, advisor, investor and motivational keynote speaker. He was co-founder of the online movie and television streaming service Netflix, serving as their founding CEO, as the executive producer of their website, and as a member of their board of directors until his retirement in 2004.
Although best known for starting Netflix, Marc’s career as an entrepreneur spans more than four decades. He’s been a founder of more than half a dozen other successful start-ups, a mentor to hundreds of early-stage entrepreneurs, and an investor in numerous successful (and an even larger number of unsuccessful) tech ventures.
Most recently, Randolph has co-founded analytics software company Looker Data Sciences, and currently serves as an advisor to numerous other startups, serving variously as a mentor, CEO coach, and/or board member.
About StartCon StartCon (formerly SydStart) is the largest Australian startup and growth conference, expo and entrepreneur community, established in 2009. Thousands of technology startup professionals, investors and ecosystem participants have already experienced StartCon events. This year’s conference will be held on November 30th & December 1st at Royal Randwick Racecourse, with world-class international speakers in entrepreneurship and growth marketing, high quality workshops and a 100-booth expo showcasing the biggest tech names and high-growth startups in Australia.
About Freelancer.com Freelancer.com is the world's largest freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace by number of users and projects. It connects over 29,783,976 employers and freelancers globally from over 247 countries, regions and territories. Through the Freelancer.com marketplace, employers can hire freelancers to do work in areas such as software development, writing, data entry and design right through to engineering, the sciences, sales and marketing, accounting and legal services. Freelancer Limited is trading on the Australian Securities Exchange under the ticker ASX:FLN
For more information regarding StartCon or Marc Randolph, please see www.startcon.com or contact: Leon Spencer - director of communications
+61 (0)409048569 lspencer@freelancer.com