He is a very active educational philanthropist. He donated one million dollars to Beacon Education Network to create new charter schools. He is also a member of a political network of Businessmen and Executives called Technology Network. Famous Entrepreneurs Biographies, Pictures and Facts. Home List Blog Contact. Reed Hastings. Mayer Madam C. Morgan J. Esquire , December , p. Fortune , June 13, , p. Newsweek , March 17, , pp. Newsweek International , September 26, , p.
New York Times , June 3, , p. Time International , July 19, , p. Video Business , April 28, , p. User Contributions:. Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic: Name:. E-mail: Show my email publicly. Human Verification:. Public Comment: characters. He left this job in Reed Hastings always wanted to start his own company. Though, his company was growing rapidly, soon he realized that he was unable to handle such raising expectations and demand of the company at that time.
As he was an engineer by profession he was unable to take the responsibilities of a CEO without prior training. But, due to some unforeseen situations, after the merger, Rational Software acquired the company in Reed Hastings deemed his experience with Pure Software to be a crucial lesson in his entrepreneurial profession. He then merged with Marc Randolph, in , to co-found Netflix.
From the next year, the company started mail-order DVD operations. Eventually, he thought the internet would make it possible to deliver things even faster. Hastings had always been vocal about his belief in streaming video. In an as-told-to piece for Inc. The company introduced streaming content in , just two years after the article was published.
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