How I Built This with Guy Raz

Serial Entrepreneur: Mark Cuban

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Dec 5, 2016
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ANECDOTE

First Job and Early Initiative

  • Mark Cuban's first job was at Mellon Bank, where he learned about computers and systems integration.
  • He disliked being an employee and quit after his boss criticized his initiative in creating a newsletter.
ADVICE

Becoming a Better Salesman

  • Understand how different businesses work and what makes them profitable.
  • Then, apply software solutions to solve their problems and stay ahead of the curve by continuously learning new technologies.
ANECDOTE

Firing and Founding of MicroSolutions

  • Mark Cuban got fired from Your Business Software after prioritizing a customer's needs over his boss's orders.
  • This led him to start his own company, MicroSolutions, taking some customers with him.
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