Episode · Invest Like the Best · 2026-01-06

Patrick O'Shaughnessy & Reed Hastings: books mentioned on Invest Like the Best #453

Reed Hastings - Building Netflix - [Invest Like the Best, EP.453]

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My guest today is Reed Hastings, the co-founder and former longtime CEO of Netflix. Netflix is an example of two ideas that everyone talks about, but are extremely hard to do in practice.

Reed Hastings discussed Choose Your Own Adventure - Ghost Hunter by Edward Packard.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   Choose Your Own Adventure - Ghost Hunter

   Edward Packard · at 39:31

   Choose Your Own Adventure - Ghost Hunter by Edward Packard is a classic interactive fiction book that places the reader in control of the narrative outcome through periodic choices.

   Discussed

   “But I don't think it's as easy as um you know choose your own adventure.”

   Reed Hastings Reed Hastings - Building Netflix - [Invest Like the Best, EP.453] 2026-01-06 Listen at 39:31

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