Turning Passion into Profit
Evan Davis talks to IMDB founder Col Needham about making money out of his love for films.
The Bottom Line · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
Col Needham set up his first business at the age of 14 designing and selling games software for computers. But his real love, since the age of 5, has always been film. Col started logging every movie he'd seen in a paper diary which he eventually set up as a database, along with other like-minded film fans. Although it began and remains a personal passion, IMDB is now a multi million pound business, which was one of Amazon's first acquisitions. Col has remained CEO and founder, and he's now seen 15,000 films - all logged religiously in IMDB. He talks to Evan Davis about the journey from passion to profit.
GUEST Col Needham, CEO and Founder, IMDB
PRESENTER: Evan Davis
PRODUCER: Julie Ball
EDITOR: Simon Watts
SOUND: Graham Puddifoot
PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATORS: Siobhan Reed and Helena Warwick-Cross