Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Which movie inspired the founding of Netflix?"
...How was Netflix started? A brief history of Netflix – Reed Hastings, pictured, and Marc Rudolph, two software engineers, founded Netflix in 1997 to use the Internet to rent movies on DVD, then a new format. (An old, discredited story claims that Hastings had the idea after Blockbuster charged him a $40 late fee for "Apollo 13.")
How was Netflix started? When was Netflix first started? Netflix was founded on August 29, 1997, in Scotts Valley, California, by Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings.