“At Netflix, we think you have to build a sense of responsibility where people care about the enterprise. Hard work, like long hours at the office, doesn't matter as much to us. We care about great work.” PeopleThinkingLongMatterHardCareHoursResponsibilityHard WorkOfficeEnterpriseGreat WorkSense Of ResponsibilityLong HoursNetflix Author:Reed Hastings
“Great leaders, like Steve Jobs or Jeff Bezos, also focused on the long term.” LongJobsTermLeaderFocusedLong TermGreat Leader Author:Reed Hastings
“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.” MayLongCountryMightSuccessTermKnowingWillingConnectionsEmbraceInvestmentBrandsLong TermOther CountriesRoutesVery DeepDeep Connections Author:Reed Hastings
“In the long term, you have to believe that movies and TV shows will be like the opera and the novel, pretty nichey businesses.” BelieveLongShowsTermNovelTvsLong TermOperaTv Shows Author:Reed Hastings
“Technological revolutions are very hard to predict. My favourite example is someone in 1850 taking care of horses as a farrier. They would have said, "Look, horses have been part of human existence for 5,000 years. We are horse people. It's permanent." But all of a sudden, the internal combustion engine comes along and, with it, oil fields and automobiles, which basically replace the horse completely. So we often have these long periods of stability and then a sudden inflection point.” PeopleYearsHumansLooksLongHas BeensSaidHardCareExistenceExampleFieldsRevolutionPeriodsHorseOilPermanentInternalsStabilityEnginesFavouriteTechnologicalAutomobileHuman ExistenceCombustionOil Field Author:Reed Hastings
“Be brutally honest about the short term and optimistic and confident about the long term.” LongTermHonestToughEntrepreneurOptimisticLong TermShort TermBrutally Honest Author:Reed Hastings
“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.” PeopleKnowsYearsHumansLooksLongHas BeensFactsStoriesAgeTechnologyProgressInternetComputerMereIngredientsHuman Progress Author:Reed Hastings
