In the 37th episode of Cartoon Avatars Mark Cuban joins to talk about his life story, how and why he succeeded, and his best and worst business decisions. Plus advice for young entrepreneurs, his experience buying the Mavericks, crypto, the Internet bubble, fame, Cost Plus Drugs, and his biggest issue with the SEC. And somehow even more.
(0:00) Welcome Rashad
(1:20) Ghostwriting tweets
(16:18) Mark Cuban backstory
(17:24) Introducing Mark Cuban
(18:23) When Bill Gates stole Mark’s girl
(19:24) Making his email public
(20:49) Mark’s superpower
(22:29) Advice for young entrepreneurs
(25:52) Growing up in Pittsburgh
(30:27) Owning the sales process
(35:18) Mark’s journey
(41:10) Retiring at 30
(44:00) Broadcast.com
(47:50) Recognizing the internet bubble
(50:25) Crypto and early Internet parallels
(58:28) Buying the Mavericks
(1:02:50) Create your own narrative
(1:06:08) Fame
(1:08:37) Cost Plus Drugs
(1:26:30) Rapid fire questions
(1:31:25) Problem with the SEC
(1:40:24) Outro
Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky
Produced: Andrew Nadeau and Rashad Assir
Executive Producer: Josh Machiz
Music: Griff Lawson
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A Saturday morning podcast hosted by Logan Bartlett (Partner and Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures) covering the tech news with his friends and other people with industry expertise.
Executive Producer: Rashad Assir
Producer: Leah Clapper
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About the Show
Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.
