John Felkins
speaker
3,385 appearances
19 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 2d ago
John Felkins’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 19 in all, peaking in Sep 2026 with 10.
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Build something worth protecting.
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Then put the right legal structure around it.
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That's the work, friends.
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So go get after it.
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Blockbuster used to be an American staple.
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At their height, they dominated the video rental industry.
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In 2004, they were doing $6 billion in revenue.
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They had 84,000 employees and 9,000 stores in 26 countries.
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They even had one in New Zealand.
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But now there's only one left in Bend, Oregon.
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And it's hard to believe because for a whole generation, a Friday night.
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Night wasn't complete without a run to Blockbuster.
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Now, if you're like me and you grew up in the country, you probably weren't even allowed to watch TV.
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But for most people, that wasn't the case.
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So, what made Blockbuster bust?
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Everybody assumes streaming killed video stores, but the truth is there were warning signs way before that.
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Let's go back a little bit.
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David Cook opened the first blockbuster.
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Blockbuster in 1985 in Dallas.
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Two big advantages Blockbuster had over the mom and pop rental stores were they had a bigger selection of movies, something like 8,000 movies to pick from, versus the 200 to 300 that the typical stores had.
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