Nov 19, 2021
(This week we share a REWIND of a popular episode with Marc
Randolph. Check out this new video about Marc's time working for
NOLS - https://bit.ly/3nxK9uL)
#TheTrailToSuccess
Our guest is a former NOLS Instructor and Chair of the NOLS Board
of Trustees, but he is best known as the co-founder and first CEO
of Netflix, Marc Randolph. His incredibly successful career as an
entrepreneur span more than four decades. He's founded or
co-founded half a dozen other successful startups, including, most
recently, Looker Data Sciences, which was sold to Google in 2019
for $2.6B.
He is currently mentoring a handful of other early-stage companies, has advised hundreds of other entrepreneurs, is an active seed investor in startups all over the world. In 2019 he wrote the internationally bestselling memoir That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea, and now is the host of the new podcast called, That Will Never Work, where he dispenses advice, encouragement and tough love to struggling entrepreneurs.
When he's not surfing, mountain biking, or skiing, Mark often speaks at industry events and actively participates in programs targeting young entrepreneurs. He also sits on the board of an environmental organization 1% of the planet.
In this Episode: