HPU Invites Community to a Conversation with Netflix Co-Founder Marc Randolph
High Point University invites the community to attend a conversation with HPU President Nido Qubein and with Netflix Co-Founder Marc Randolph, who serves as HPU’s Entrepreneur in Residence, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 8, in Congdon Hall. During an earlier visit to campus, Randolph participated in a meet-and-greet photo session at HPU’s Innovation Summit.
HIGH POINT, N.C., March 5, 2024 – High Point University invites the community to attend a conversation with HPU President Nido Qubein and Netflix Co-Founder Marc Randolph, who serves as HPU’s Entrepreneur in Residence, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 8, in Congdon Hall.
The event is free and open to the public, but seats are limited. To attend, community members must register at www.highpoint.edu/marc-randolph by Friday, April 4.
“Marc Randolph embodies the entrepreneurial mindset, a quality we believe is essential for the leaders of tomorrow,” Qubein said. “For several years now, our students have benefited tremendously from his work in revolutionizing the way the world consumes media and his experience in Silicon Valley. I’m excited for our students and the community to continue to learn from him.”
Randolph is the latest industry leader to speak as part of HPU’s Life Skills and Leadership Series. Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak, who serves as High Point University’s Innovator in Residence, spoke to hundreds of students during his talk on Feb. 14 to kick off HPU’s third and final Presidential Scholarship weekend this spring.
Known for helping to start Netflix and serving as its first CEO, Randolph’s career as a Silicon Valley entrepreneur spans more than four decades. He founded more than a half dozen other successful start-ups, mentored hundreds of early-stage entrepreneurs, and invested in numerous tech ventures.
Randolph has visited HPU’s campus regularly over the last decade to mentor students, review their business ventures in HPU’s Entrepreneurship Center and provide valuable feedback to move forward with their projects.
“HPU has done a really nice job of balancing the fundamental skills students need with how to apply them,” Randolph said during a previous visit to campus when he worked with students. “Students know how to take what they’ve learned in the classroom and ask, ‘How do we actually go out and build something? Do something that has a real purpose?’ And that’s the fantastic thing about HPU.”