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title: "How did Netflix get started?"  
description: "How did Netflix get started?"  
author: "Mukul Goenka"  
published: 2022-06-01  
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tags: ["troubleshooting", "netflix"]  
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# How did Netflix get started?

How did [Netflix](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1480/netflix-tiktok-banned-its-services-in-russia-amid-government-crackdown-on-ukraine-invasion) get started?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

Netflix, Inc. is a subscription streaming service and production company based in the United States. It was founded on August 29, 1997, and it provides a film and television series library through distribution agreements as well as its own productions, known as **Netflix Originals.** \
Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph founded Netflix in 1997 in Scotts Valley, California, in Santa Cruz County. Reed Hastings has stated that the idea was inspired by a $40 fine he received for renting the film Apollo 13 from the now-defunct Blockbuster and returning it six weeks late. While working out at the gym one day, the sting of the fine inspired him to create a service that allowed people to order movies online and have them mailed to them. \
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