Netflix’s co-CEO shares how a video store job helped launch his career—and this lesson from Tony Bennett

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Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos explained in a recent interview how he got his start in the entertainment business and revealed a key lesson from legendary crooner Tony Bennett. In a wide-ranging chat on ...

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He was editor of the campus newspaper in high school and in community college.\n\"But I also had an epiphany during that time that I wasn't a very good writer, so likely I was not going to be a professional journalist,\" Sarandos quipped. \nMeanwhile, he also had a job working at a video store, where he began as a customer devouring all its titles. During his shifts as a clerk, he had the opportunity to watch even more movies. Eventually, he became so knowledgeable about films that customers waited in line to get his recommendations.\nAfter a while, the store's owner wanted to spend more time with his family and asked Sarandos to take over management of the business, which had grown into a chain.\n\"It was an MBA course and film school all wrapped up into one for me,\" he said. \nFrom there, he got into a home-video distribution business that sold DVDs and VHS tapes to video stores. 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