Randolph ya yi aiki a matsayin darektan tallace-tallace na kamfanin Hastings, Pure Atria. Randolph ya kasance co-kafa MicroWarehouse, kamfanin sayar da kwamfuta, kuma daga baya Borland International ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin shugaban tallace-tallace. Hastings, masanin kimiyyar kwamfuta da lissafi, ya sayar da Pure Atria ga Rational Software Corporation a 1997 don dala miliyan 700 a cikin abin da ya kasance mafi girma saye a cikin tarihin Silicon Valley. Sun zo da ra'ayin Netflix yayin da suke tafiya tsakanin gidajensu a Santa Cruz da Pure Atria hedkwatar a Sunny yayin da suke jiran hukumomin gwamnati su amince da haɗuwa, kodayake Hastings ya ba da bayani daban-daban game da yadda aka kirkiro ra'ayin.
Shekarar 1997