EP 37: Mark Cuban Talks with Us About How He Succeeded, Advice for Young Entrepreneurs, Buying the Mavericks & Cost Plus Drugs

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Is the SEC Getting Fucked Up?

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The good actors are actually being punished because they don't know they need a an SEC lawyer but what the SEC could do and this is what pisses me off more than anything right. They could be proactive they could post white line bright line guidelines, which would take the risk out of start-ups by saying you need to get a lawyer. It encourages two things people to either with three things not start the company move the company to a foreign country or three start the company not even realizing that it's a risk and getting fucked. 99% of the token plays out there would register if they just said here's a registration form that applies so you can be the equivalent of an over-the

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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