Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban is an American businessman and investor. He is the owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, Landmark Theatres, and Magnolia Pictures, and is the chairman of the HDTV cable network AXS TV. He is also a "shark" investor on the television series, Shark Tank. In 2011, Cuban wrote an e-book, How to Win at the Sport of Business, in which he chronicles his life experiences in business and sports...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth31 July 1958
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
With Nellie, we tried it the other way. Nellie was brilliant for what he did, but for whatever reason, it didn't work. All of our guys want to win a championship, and this is a system they understand and buy into. We've got guys who might not be great defenders, but they work hard at that end. Now, we're more geared to play defense.
Relaxing is for the other guy.
He's unique. I don't know if I'd say he's revolutionized it. But there are a lot of people out there who want to be like Dirk. And I think in the future, it's inevitable that you'll see more guys who are as big as Dirk and Kevin Garnett who can shoot like they can.
We both went to school at Indiana University and we were big basketball fans. Living in Dallas, there was no way to listen to our favorite Hoosiers.
When you've got 10,000 people trying to do the same thing, why would you want to be number 10,001?
We appreciate the effort Doug gave us. He went through a lot to get back. Unfortunately, it didn't work out.
We're rocking the film festival. If you've seen a movie, you've seen one of ours,
Linking without permission is stealing. Period, end of story.
Can't say no one makes money from Twitter now. The NBA does.
You've got to be very cognizant of the correlation between social media links and business because they don't always correlate as highly as people would like.
In every job, I would justify it in my mind, whether I loved it or hated it, that I was getting paid to learn and every experience would be of value when I figured out what I wanted to do when I grew up.
In business, one of the challenges is making sure that your product is the easiest to experience and complete a sale.
I didnt know I was mad about anything. I guess if the New York Times says I am, I must be.
One problem people have is that they lie to themselves. Rarely is talent enough. You have to find ways to make yourself standout. You do so by playing to your strengths and making people aware of those strengths.