John Felkins

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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 over the last 12 months — 19 in all, peaking in Sep 2026 with 10.

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EntreLeadership · What Really Killed Blockbuster (It Wasn’t Streaming) · 16 Sep 2026 podcast

Now they had brick and mortar stores with fixed costs and declining revenue, a mail service with new added costs, and they eventually tried streaming. voice-verified

But it was all too little, too late. voice-verified

This led them to mistake number three. voice-verified

They panicked when they should have been strategic. voice-verified

If you're just trying to keep up with what your competition voice-verified

Is doing, you're already losing. voice-verified

Reacting is never going to win. voice-verified

As we teach in entree leadership, focus and clarity win. voice-verified

Winning is an intentional act. voice-verified

Nobody wins by accident. voice-verified

Clarity comes from defining your vision and developing your strategy and staying disciplined to that strategy. voice-verified

You can't chase every opportunity and build a great business. voice-verified

Do one thing really, really well. voice-verified

So ask yourself, do you have a clear plan to execute your strategy and the discipline to stick to it? voice-verified

Or are you just reacting out of fear? voice-verified

For a second, Blockbuster was able to put pressure on Netflix and stay in the game. voice-verified

But there was one final nail in their coffin. voice-verified

Remember that company that I mentioned earlier? voice-verified

They saw the writing on the wall. voice-verified

In 2004, they spun Blockbuster off into its own. voice-verified

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