Apr 14 - 17 2026
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Netflix Co-Founder & First CEO and Best-Selling Author Marc Randolph shows audiences how ideas evolve, scale, and succeed through real world entrepreneurial experience.
Marc Randolph is a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, advisor, and investor best known as the co-founder and first CEO of Netflix. Over a four-decade career, he has founded or co-founded multiple startups, mentored hundreds of early-stage entrepreneurs, and invested in numerous tech ventures.
He brings practical insight into innovation, entrepreneurship, and building ideas into lasting companies, drawing directly from his experience launching and growing Netflix and other ventures. Marc Randolph is available to be booked for corporate and private events. Contact the Mollie Plotkin Group today to inquire about Marc Randolph’s fees.
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Marc Randolph co-founded Netflix and served as its first CEO, helping lay the foundation for a company that has grown to more than 275 million subscribers and reshaped how audiences experience media. His work at Netflix reflects a hands-on approach to testing ideas, adapting quickly, and building scalable business models.
Across a career spanning four decades, Marc has founded or co-founded six other successful startups. He has also worked closely with hundreds of early-stage entrepreneurs and invested in dozens of technology ventures, gaining a broad perspective on both success and failure in business.
Marc is the author of the internationally best-selling memoir That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and The Amazing Life of an Idea, which shares the inside story of Netflix’s early days. He is also the host of the top-10 Apple podcast That Will Never Work, where he provides direct mentoring to entrepreneurs.
In addition, Marc serves as a judge and investor on Entrepreneur Magazine’s Elevator Pitch web series. He most recently co-founded Looker Data Sciences, an analytics software company acquired by Google in 2019 for $2.6 billion, further demonstrating his continued impact in the tech and startup ecosystem.
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Marc Randolph gives audiences an honest look at how ideas are built, tested, challenged, and refined under pressure. Drawing from the early years of Netflix, his broader career as a serial entrepreneur, and his work on leadership and culture, he shares practical lessons on persistence, optimism, focus, analytics, testing, and the courage to rethink how organizations operate.
Common keynote themes include: entrepreneurship, innovation, persistence, optimism, leadership, company culture, analytics and testing, focus, trust, and overcoming adversity.
An unlikely startup story that shows how persistence, optimism, and disciplined decision making can turn a bad idea into a breakthrough.
In this keynote, Marc Randolph tells the story of how a small group with no money and an unpromising idea built the company that eventually took down Blockbuster. Through the dramatic ups and downs of Netflix’s early years, he shows how innovation grows through testing, focus, and the willingness to keep going when the odds look terrible. The result is a talk that is equal parts inspiration, startup story, and practical advice.
Ideal for audiences looking for a grounded, high energy talk on entrepreneurship, innovation, and building momentum through setbacks.
A candid look at how hard lessons, costly mistakes, and trust shaped a culture built on judgment rather than control.
Marc takes audiences inside the moments when traditional management approaches failed and forced him to rethink how to run a company. Using hard won stories from Netflix and his 40 year career as a serial entrepreneur, he explains how trust, judgment, and letting go became central to building a strong culture. He also gives audiences practical ways to understand why these principles work and how to apply them inside their own organizations.
Ideal for leaders, managers, and teams focused on culture, leadership, trust, and organizational performance.
An interactive conversation on entrepreneurship, leadership, innovation, and the lessons behind Marc Randolph’s work.
In this conversational format, Marc addresses questions on topics including the birth of Netflix, entrepreneurship, innovation, his bestselling book That Will Never Work, leadership, company culture, tech ventures, and the value of persistence and optimism in business. The discussion can also explore his successes and failures at Netflix and other companies, his podcast, environmental advocacy, and balance. This format gives event organizers flexibility while keeping the conversation closely tied to the audience’s interests.
Ideal for audiences that want a more flexible, conversational format with room for moderation and live questions.
Marc Randolph leaves audiences with a clear message: big outcomes often begin with uncertain ideas, difficult setbacks, and repeated mistakes, but persistence, optimism, trust, testing, and focus can help turn pressure into progress.
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