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Wilmot Reed Hastings Jr. (born October 8, 1960) is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Netflix and serves on the boards of Facebook and a number of non-profit organizations. A former member of the California State Board of Education, Hastings is an advocate for education reform through charter schools.

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Don't be afraid to change the model.

Life, Change, Life Changing, Afraid, Model

What's got me excited about the education space is the growth of the Internet over the next 10, 20, 30 years.

Excited, Growth, Internet, Space, Years

Truly brilliant marketing happens when you take something most people think of as a weakness and reposition it so people think of it as a strength.

Brilliant, Business, Marketing, Success, Think, Thinking

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.

Ideas, Netflix, Apollo, Cassette, Six, Idea

Fibre optic is becoming like electricity. If you look at how electricity spread around the globe 100 years ago, that's what's happening now.

Becoming, Globe, Look, Looks, Spread, Years

Comparing Apple to Netflix is like comparing apples to oranges, especially if the oranges made so many mistakes that people stopped eating oranges and just went back to Blockbuster.

Apples, Like, Mistake, Orange, Oranges, People

In fact, technology has been the story of human progress from as long back as we know. In 100 years people will look back on now and say, 'That was the Internet Age. ' And computers will be seen as a mere ingredient to the Internet Age.

Technology, Years, Long, Progress, Fact

Tomorrow when you come to work, if it doesn't make the customer happy, move the business forward, and save us money - don't do it.

Moving, Tomorrow, Customers, Forward, Customer, Money

Taking smart risks can be very gratifying.

Gratifying, Risk, Risks, Smart, Taking

But it may be one of our best markets in the long term because when the Japanese society embraces a brand it is a very deep connection, so we're willing to make that investment knowing that it's not the quick route to success that might be in other countries.

Country, Deep, Knowing, Quick, Success

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