Started by Daniela Ruiz (@danielaruiz) ·
Blockbuster could have bought Netflix for $50 million
In 2000 Netflix's founders flew to Dallas and offered to sell for $50 million. Blockbuster passed. Ten years later Blockbuster was bankrupt and the last store standing ended up in Bend, Oregon.
6 sources · 39 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- Did Blockbuster really turn down buying Netflix?
- Ended at
- Bend, Oregon
The Trail
- “blockbuster netflix 50 million offer” (google.com)
- Blockbuster (retailer) (en.wikipedia.org)
- Netflix (en.wikipedia.org)
- Marc Randolph (en.wikipedia.org)
his book has the full story of that meeting and it's very funny
- The Last Blockbuster (en.wikipedia.org)
- Bend, Oregon (en.wikipedia.org)
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