Reed Hastings
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"Wilmot Reed Hastings, Jr." is an entrepreneur and education philanthropist. He is the chief executive officer/CEO of Netflix and serves on the boards of Facebook and numerous non-profit organizations.

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If the Starbucks secret is a smile when you get your latte, ... ours is that the Web site adapts to the individual's taste.

Will be ready to launch when the content climate begins to thaw.

Blockbuster is succeeding, ... But the market is plenty big for both of us.

We are seeing the beginning of things, ... Web 2.0 is broadband. Web 3.0 is 10 gigabits a second.

We tried not to get drunk on the future, but actually to predict it accurately.

Our outlook for the future reflects the continuing rapid subscriber growth and the increasing impact of the cost advantages and other financial benefits that flow from our market leadership.

Once you subscribe, our interest is purely your happiness.

I think the stock will trade down significantly because of lower profits for the next year, but the long term value (will rise) -- in two years -- because of our actions today, being decisive and taking the steps to ensure our continued leadership in this larger market with larger competitors.