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Netflix’s momentum cannot be stopped.
The reason: The strong foundation created by CEO Reed Hastings and his astonishing long-term vision.
Bloomberg TV explored the history of the company on Tuesday night’s Game Changers.
(See Business Insider’s exclusive interview with Hastings here.)
The story did not have too much new information, but it served as an excellent compilation of the entire Netflix creation myth.
Hastings, through his impressive vision and balls-out approach, built a massively successful company that lived through the dot-com bust before taking on Blockbuster and Wal-Mart and coming out on the other side.
It’s a wild story.
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