Don’t get distracted by the shiny object [and if a crisis comes], execute on the fundamentals.

I got the idea for Netflix after my company was acquired. I had a big late fee for Apollo 13. It was six weeks late and I owed the video store $40. I had misplaced the cassette. It was all my fault.

If you look at cable networks, they almost always start licensing content wherever they can, so they can build a subscriber base. But then they start doing their own content; it's a pretty well-trodden path.

I don't know of any Internet service that opens on a regional basis.

Companies rarely die from moving too fast, and they frequently die from moving too slowly.

Interactivity and a better experience aren't always the same thing.

The Costa Rican government is prioritizing laying fiber optic over paving roads. Costa Rica is trying to become one of the Internet societies. This is happening throughout the world.