Netflix, who wants to be a millionaire?
I love this. Netflix is offering up $1 million in cash to the any individual who can increase the effectiveness of their movie recommendation system…I think that’s the thing that pops up right after you add a movie to your queue. Check the article below for some interesting quotes from the Netflix CEO, Reed Hastings, about all this – a very honest/candid guy to just say ‘hey, we cant figure this out – can you?’ I’m not sure exactly how this all works, if they’ll give contestants access to real/sample Netflix user info or what…should be interesting. Classic business strategy…throw the problem to the masses, let the hustler-nerds figure it out. An inclusive not exclusive approach to business. I’m interested to watch how this unfolds…