Be big, fast and flexible.

I founded Netflix. I've built it steadily over 12 years now, first with DVD becoming profitable in 2002, a head-to-head ferocious battle with Blockbuster and evolving the company toward streaming.

In the long term, you have to believe that movies and TV shows will be like the opera and the novel, pretty nichey businesses.

I learned the value of focus. I learned it is better to do one product well than two products in a mediocre way.

When you grow up, as I have, in the shadow of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and others, success is defined as the total global transformation of a market. To achieve that, you need low prices and an attractive offering. It's about trying to make a positive impact on a big scale.

What's got me excited about the education space is the growth of the Internet over the next 10, 20, 30 years.

But it may be one of our best markets in the long term because when the Japanese society embraces a brand it is a very deep connection, so we're willing to make that investment knowing that it's not the quick route to success that might be in other countries.