I got the idea for Netflix after my company was acquired. I had a big late fee for Apollo 13. It was six weeks late and I owed the video store $40. I had misplaced the cassette. It was all my fault.
— Reed Hastings Contemporary

Netflix co-founder

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Interview about how Netflix started

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2009

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Humorous

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https://archive.fortune.com/2009/01/28/news/companies/netflix_hastings.fortune/i…

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