Amit Chowdhry | December 7, 2011 | 295 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Deborah Quazzo, DreamBox Learning, GSV Capital, John Doerr, Netflix, Reed Hastings

DreamBox Learning is an e-learning company for students that has raised $11 million in a new round of funding. netflix CEO Reed Hastings, Kleiner Perkins partner John Doerr, Deborah Quazzo, and GSV Capital Corp. is participating in this round of funding. DreamBox has raised a total of $18 million in funding.

Amit Chowdhry | October 25, 2011 | 351 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Citigroup, Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan Chase and Co., Netflix, Reed Hastings

The stock price of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) has plummeted about 34% in heavy trading today. This is one day after the company announced a loss of over 800,000 subscribers. The company is also expecting to lose many more subscribers after adjustments to the new separation of DVDs and streaming services model. The stock price is trading at about $78.01 as of the time I am writing this article. Yesterday, the company’s stock was trading at about $93.30. In July, the company’s stock was at $300. Since July, Netflix has lost a market value of about $9.76 billion.

Amit Chowdhry | October 24, 2011 | 330 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under David Wells, Netflix, Reed Hastings

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) has lost a lot of subscribers due to a price hike and after they separated their streaming and DVD businesses. Netflix ended the third quarter with 23.8 million subscribers in the third quarter, which is down about 810,000 subscribers from the quarter before. Netflix forecasted their subscriber base to be at around 24 million.

Amit Chowdhry | October 10, 2011 | 335 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Netflix, Qwikster, Reed Hastings

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) has had a change of heart. Instead of splitting their DVD service into a new website called Qwikster, Netflix is planning on keeping DVD rentals available from within its own website again. “This means no change: one website, one account, one password… in other words, no Qwikster,” said Netflix founder and CEO Reed Hastings in a blog post. [Netflix Blog]
Amit Chowdhry | February 18, 2011 | 1,307 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Art Levinson, Barack Obama, Carol Bartz, Cisco Systems, Cisco Systems Inc., Dick Costolo, Eric Schmidt, Facebook, Genentech, Google, John Chambers, John Doerr, John Hennessy, Kleiner Perkins, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg, Netflix, Oracle Corporation, Reed Hastings, Stanford University, Steve Westly, Twitter, Westly Group, Yahoo!

The White House has uploaded some images on Flickr of President Barack Obama’s meeting with the tech titans of Silicon Valley. This photo symbolizes how the meeting went. The meeting was about how these executives plan to support entrepreneurship, increase exports, and strengthen the economy. The executives in this picture includes:

Amit Chowdhry | February 17, 2011 | 1,378 views | 2 Comments
Categorized under Art Levinson, Barack Obama, Carol Bartz, Cisco Systems, Cisco Systems Inc., Dick Costolo, Eric Schmidt, Facebook, Genentech, Google, John Chambers, John Doerr, John Hennessy, Kleiner Perkins, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg, Netflix, Oracle Corporation, Reed Hastings, Stanford University, Steve Westly, Twitter, Westly Group, Yahoo!

President Barack Obama is making a trip to Silicon Valley today and is meeting with some major tech CEOs. The names of the executives that he is meeting was revealed by the L.A. Times. The meeting will be about supporting entrepreneurship, increasing exports, strengthening the economy, etc. Below is the list of people that he is meeting:

Amit Chowdhry | November 22, 2010 | 1,031 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Netflix, Reed Hastings

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) has launched a streaming-only plan for unlimited movies and TV shows for $7.99 per month. This price matches Hulu Plus. However Netflix bumped up the cost of its DVD/streaming plan to $9.99. Below is the full press release:

Amit Chowdhry | April 21, 2010 | 1,560 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under DreamBox Learning, Netflix, Reed Hastings, The Charter Fund

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings has bought DreamBox Learning, an e-learning company. The acquisition was made through a partnership between Hastings and The Charter Fund. The acquisition includes a $10 million investment designed for promoting the growth of the company. Before Hastings was the CEO of Netflix, he was a math teacher. DreamBox has online games designed to make learning fun. Below is the full press release [paidContent].
