Data-Driven Shows in Action – Brought to You by NETFLIX!

"Nobody, nobody – not now, not ever – knows the least goddam thing about what is or isn't going to work at the box office." Fast forward five years, a show based on real lives of women prisoners shook up the world of television. Dark humor, Sci-fi, Comedy, and a diverse cast – you got that right. A company that started off with a DVD rent-by-mail website is the 10th largest internet company by revenue across the globe today. Back in 1997, a man whose resume highlighted'software geek' and'movie'buff' rented Apollo 13 from Blockbuster (the biggest video-rental chain then).