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The Blockbuster-Netflix story you didn’t know

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Blockbuster and the Internet

Hastings and Randolph raised $25,000 from their mother to start Netflix. The company was losing money hand over fist when they tried to buy Blockbuster for $50 million. But the deal collapsed within a year as Blockbuster stayed with its online business.

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