Jeffrey Chernick

MoviePass co-founder on the $9.95 unlimited plan:

“It was always intended to be a promotional price.”

Then the stock took off, and growth beat unit economics until it didn’t. 🍿
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Day 1: MoviePass launches.

Day 1.5: AMC sends a cease-and-desist.

Day 30: platform rebuilt, back online, and the MoviePass card is born. 🎟️

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Hot take: don’t let people poke holes in your idea right away.

“I don’t want people to call my baby ugly when I know it’s probably a little ugly.” 👶

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"Take that camera off my face. Don’t use that footage.”

“Sure.”

The MoviePass teaser sold to HBO a week later, “probably because of that damn blubbering.” 🎬

#MoviePass #HBO

Called the CFO. No answer.

Called the head of strategy: “TiVo’s about to skip $11 billion in commercials.”

That call became a venture-backed startup and a lifelong mentor. 📞

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