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
Culture is very important to the Mavs. Your best player has to be a fit for what you want the culture of the team to be. He has to be someone who leads by example. Someone who sets the tone in the locker room and on the court. It isn't about who talks the most or the loudest. It is about the demeanor and attitude he brings.
The policies and actions of Senator Hatch are very concerning to me from what I read and from my personal interactions with him,
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.
We're rocking the film festival. If you've seen a movie, you've seen one of ours,
We want to learn as the technology evolves, ... We felt that by going out and getting content, building the infrastructure, we could start exposing people to the technology, start building our audience and our revenue streams.
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.
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.
Every 'No' gets me closer to a 'Yes'.
I was lucky. I grew up knowing that hard work and smart work has a greater impact on results than being passionate about something.
Perfectionism is the enemy of profitability.
Get me selling and I can figure out the industry. Once I can figure out the industry I can start a business in that industry.