Today Netflix is worth $37B and growing. But when the company was started back in 1997, founder Reed Hastings knew he wanted to create a company culture that brought in (and rewarded) the best people for doing great work. To understand the inner workings of the Netflix culture, we have to look beyond the headlines, the share price and the hype and understand what makes the culture tick - without the day-to-day involvement of the founder. Today we'll look at the 10 most critical take aways from everything that's ever been written about the Netflix company culture. If you want happier, more fulfilled employees then pay close attention.

2. If you bought $1,000 worth of
Netflix shares when they went
public in 2004, they would be
worth $82,819 today

3. That’s an 8,281% return on your
money in 11 years, or a 752%
return each year

4. Netflix is a critical mix of three
important elements every
company needs to succeed

8. Innovation and timing are critical,
but today we will focus on the
brilliant company culture Netflix
founder Reed Hastings created

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10. Here are our top 10 take aways
from Netflix’s culture deck

11. Flexibility is more important than
efficiency over the long term

12. Titles aren’t prestigious and are
not a way to measure the impact
you have on the company

13. People are paid relative to their
market value, not to keep up with
their co-workers

14. It’s up to you, the individual, to
manage your career path - not the
management team

15. The best managers spend most of their
time focused on context not control

16. Everyone should behave and
make decisions like they are the
owner of the company

17. Focus on the result, not the process.
As long as the result is great, who
cares about the process?

18. Have a bias towards action and
don’t get stuck in “analysis
paralysis” - just do it

19. Respect everyone in the company,
regardless of their status or title

20. Look to your employees to create
and suggest ideas that will drive
the company forward

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