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That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea by Marc Randolph

That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea audiobook runs 11 hours unabridged, narrated by Marc Randolph (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11listening hrs
Career Developmentstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11 hours of listening.

Days to finish That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 6,401 Career Development audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Career Development shelf

294 Career Development audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea is an audiobook by Marc Randolph: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Marc Randolph, released September 17, 2019, on the Career Development and Business & Career Development shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11 hrs
Narrated by
Marc Randolph
Released
September 17, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Career Development, Business & Career Development, HR & Admin
ISBN
9781549121661

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea audiobook?

That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.

Is the That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea?

That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea is narrated by Marc Randolph.

Is That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.