Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Netflix yakavambwa musi waAugust 29, 1997, muScotts Valley, California, naMarc Randolph naReed Hastings. Randolph akashanda somutungamiriri wokushambadzira wekambani yaHastings, Pure Atria. Randolph akanga ari muvambi weMicroWarehouse, kambani yekutumira makombiyuta, uye akazoshandirwa naBorland International semutevedzeri wemutungamiri wekutengesa. Hastings, musayendisiti wemakombiyuta uye nyanzvi yemasvomhu, akatengesa Pure Atria kuRational Software Corporation muna 1997 nokuda kwemamiriyoni $700 mune zvaiva panguva iyoyo kutenga kukuru munhau yeSilicon Valley. Vakauya nepfungwa yeNetflix pavaifamba pakati pedzimba dzavo muSanta Cruz uye dzimbahwe rePure Atria muSunnyvale vachimirira hurumende kuti ibvumidze kubatanidzwa, kunyangwe Hasting akapa tsananguro dzakasiyana siyana dzekuti zano iri rakagadzirwa sei.Hastings akaisa mari inosvika mamirioni maviri nemakumi mashanu emadhora mukutanga mari yeNetflix. Randolph aiyemura kambani yeAmazon yakanga ichangotanga kutengesa zvinhu paIndaneti uye aida kuwana zvinhu zvakawanda zvinotakurika zvaaigona kutengesa paIndaneti achishandisa muenzaniso wakafanana. Vakafunga ndokuramba matepi eVHS seanonyanya kudhura kuti agare aripo uye akaoma kutakura. Pavakanzwa nezveDVD, idzo dzakatanga kuwanika muUnited States musi waMarch 31, 1997, vakaedza pfungwa yokutengesa kana kuti kurenda maDVD netsamba, nokutumira CD kumba kwaHastings kuSanta Cruz. Dhisiki racho parakasvika risina kukuvara, vakasarudza kuita bhizimisi rokutengesa mavhidhiyo emumba uye rokurenda rinokosha mabhiriyoni $16 emadhora. Hastings anowanzonzi akataura kuti akasarudza kutanga Netflix mushure mekubhadhariswa faindi yemadhora makumi mana muchitoro cheBlockbuster nekunonoka kudzorera kopi yeApollo 13. Asi iyi inyaya isiri yechokwadi iyo iye naRandolph vakagadzira kuti vatsanangure bhizinesi rekambani uye zvinokurudzira.Netflix yakatangwa musi waApril 14, 1998, sechitoro chekutanga chepaIndaneti chekubhadhara maDVD, nevashandi 30 chete uye mazita 925 aripo, ayo akanga ari anenge mabhuku ose eDVD akadhindwa panguva iyoyo, kuburikidza nebhadharo-per-rent model nemitengo uye mazuva ekupera akafanana nemakwikwi ayo ezvidhinha-uye-mortar, Blockbuster.  Mubvunzo: Netflix yakatanga mugore ripi?
Gore ra1997