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December 18, 2006
Work out as little as you want: Netflix, Ron Howard and white-water kayaking
Netflix primo Reed Hastings explains how Ron Howard influenced the idea for Netflix (and perhaps a wobbling company once controlled by Wayne Huizenga). He'd done some startups, 
, and "was doing white-water kayaking at the time, and in kayaking if you stare and focus on the problem you are much more likely to hit danger," he tells NY Times. "I focused on the safe water and what I wanted to happen." I got the idea for Netflix after... 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. I didn;t want to tell my wife about it. And I said to myself, I'm going to compromise the integrity of my marriage over a late fee? Later, on my way to the gym, I realized they had a much better business model. You could pay $30 or $40 a month and work out as little or as much as you wanted."
Posted by Ray Pride at December 18, 2006 07:20 AM
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