Season 3, Episode 8: Netflix (Part 1)

第 3 季第 8 集:Netflix(第 1 部分)

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2018-11-12

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In a world ravaged by late fees and lack of rewinding, one man two men from a sleepy California beach town make a stand against tyranny, daringly dethrone an evil empire and… oh who are we kidding, they just copied Amazon’s business plan for books and applied it to movie rentals. But as always there is much more to the story than that! We dive into the fascinating, true, and oft-untold history of Netflix in our first two-part special on Acquired. Part 1 covers Netflix’s original DVD rental business from founding to 2009, and next time on Part 2 we’ll cover the (rocky) transition to streaming from 2010 to present. Buckle up for a wild ride! Sponsors:ServiceNow: https://bit.ly/acqsnaiagentsHuntress: https://bit.ly/acqhuntressVanta: https://bit.ly/acquiredvanta More Acquired!: Get email updates with hints on next episode and follow-ups from recent episodesJoin the SlackSubscribe to ACQ2Merch Store!Links: Netflix’s original logoCarve Outs: Ben: The Good Place on… Netflix!David:  The Broken Earth Series by N. K. Jemisin
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  • Yep.

  • It's so funny.

  • All the reviews of the iPad people were like, you can't hook up USB storage to the iPad.

  • I'm like, I haven't used a USB thumb drive in like five years.

  • I don't care.

  • My biggest complaint is the lack of SCSI.

  • That's a teaser quote right there.

  • Welcome to season three, episode eight of Acquired the Show about technology acquisitions and IPOs.

  • I'm Ben Gilbert.

  • I'm David Rosenthal and we are your hosts.

  • Today we are talking about a company that somehow, somehow, David, we have not covered on the show yet, Netflix.

  • And we're breaking this one into two parts.

  • Today we'll be covering the founding of the company up through the IPO and the waning years of their DVD business.

  • And then next episode we'll pick up at the take off of streaming and original content.

  • David, I could not believe this when diving in that the Netflix IPO was 16 years ago and it was founded 21 years ago.

  • Yeah.

  • Crazy.

  • All these FAANG companies, they're getting old.

  • I know.

  • I mean, I did not realize that it was a pre.com bubble in my head.