Hastings Pudding

 

Luke Wilson could play him in the movie.

As the story goes, Reed Hastings, Bowdoin Class of 1983, woke up irked to learn he was being charged $40 in late fees for his Apollo 13 rental. At the time, he subscribed “to a gym that charged a single monthly fee for unlimited workout visits.” A flashbulb went off inside him. He’d just hit on the idea for Netflix, co-founding the firm in 1997.

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