Netflix co-founder: 'Blockbuster laughed at us ... Now there's one left'

Marc Randolph launched the streaming service that would revolutionize TV and film, upend Hollywood and draw more than 150 million subscribers

It was a fluke that the Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph changed the history of television. It almost didn’t happen.

In 1997, the Santa Cruz businessman was spending his carpool rides to work brainstorming internet startup ideas with a colleague. They discussed personalised surfboards, customised dog food, shampoo by mail. One commute, the chat turned to “videotapes”.

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