About half my work in education is U.S. political reform around school districts and charter schools, and creating more room for entrepreneurial organizations to develop. And about half on technology, which I look at as a global platform.

Not every show has to work equally well. It just has to work better than any competitor because then we can outbid for the content.

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.

The best managers figure out how to get great outcomes by setting the appropriate context, rather than by trying to control their people.

Do not tolerate brilliant jerks. The cost to teamwork is too high.

I'm on the Facebook board now. Little did they know that I thought Facebook was really stupid when I first heard about it back in 2005.

I watch mostly independent films.