Netflix Co-Founder Marc Randolph Gave 'Tough Love' To Writer Seeking Advice On Pitching Without An Agent: 'If You Want To Get Rich And Famous…'

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A young aspiring writer once asked Netflix Inc. co-founder and first CEO Marc Randolph how to pitch their ideas to the streaming giant without an agent. Randolph's response was filled with “tough love...

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But if you love the process of creation — then just create,\" Randolph wrote.\nRandolph encouraged the writer to practice relentlessly. \"If you are not talented, the very act of doing it over and over again will help you develop the skills to be talented,\" he said.\n\"Once you have talent that people want to watch, Netflix, HBO, Disney and everyone else in the world will clamor to want to work with you.\"\nThe co-founder concluded with a reminder of self-accountability: \"The only person holding you back is you.\"\nRandolph's net worth is currently estimated at $100 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.\nHe co-founded Netflix alongside Reed Hastings on Aug. 29, 1997, in Scotts Valley, California.\nNetflix officially launched its website in April 1998, featuring roughly 900 titles. By 1999, the company introduced a subscription model that allowed unlimited rentals for a monthly fee, eliminating late charges.\nIn 2002, Netflix went public, offering 5.5 million shares at $15 each. In its early years as a public company, the stock delivered impressive triple-digit returns to investors.\nToday, the streaming giant boasts a market capitalization of $336.21 billion.\nLast month, Netflix reported fourth-quarter revenue of $12.05 billion, marking a 17.6% increase from the same period last year and surpassing the Street consensus estimate of $11.97 billion, according to Benzinga Pro.\nNFLX shows a weak price trend across short, medium and long-term periods, with low Value and Momentum scores, according to Benzinga's Edge Stock Rankings.\nDisclaimer: This content was partially produced with the help of AI tools and was reviewed and published by Benzinga editors.\nPhoto Courtesy: SomjaiKing on Shutterstock.com\nTo add Benzinga News as your preferred source on Google, click here.","kind":"news","is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":false,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"0","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":0,"need_auth":false,"code":"91000000","status":"200"},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"tenantId":"TBGLOBAL","deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.36.2","shortVersion":"4.36.2","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/2610965989","isCrawlerRequest":true}