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Mark Cuban

(1958) Children's Writer

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Mark Cuban is a children's writer, best known for Making Your Own Luck.

Quick Facts About Mark Cuban

Born: July 31, 1958
Profession: Children's Writer
Notable works: Making Your Own Luck

About Mark Cuban

Mark Cuban is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is the former principal owner and current minority owner of the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and co-owner of 2929 Entertainment. From 2012 to 2025, he was one of the "sharks" on the ABC reality television series Shark Tank.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Mark Cuban · Page 10

One thing we can all control is effort. Put in the time to become an expert in whatever you’re doing. It will…

Advantage

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You never win any games you don't play.

Games

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In my opinion, right now there's way too much hype on the technologies and not enough attention to the real businesses behind…

Attention

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Never follow your dreams. Follow your effort.

Dream

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I think college is an absolute. In this world you have to learn how to learn and get in the habit of…

Able

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It would have been easy to judge effort by how many hours a day passed while I was at work. That's the…

Easy

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There are no shortcuts. You have to work hard, and try to put yourself in a position where if luck strikes, you…

Advantage

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If you can, you will quickly find that the greatest rate of return you will earn is on your own personal spending.…

First step

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Entrepreneurs need to be reminded that it's not the job of their customers to know what they don't. In other words, your…

Business

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It doesn't matter how many times you fail. You only have to be right once and then everyone can tell you that…

Determination

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The same applies to the music and film industries. Until the heads of the labels start wanting to make money rather than…

Controversy

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Staying true to who I am was tougher when I first got wealthy. Having great friends kept me grounded.

Friends

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All you need is a laptop or a PC and an Internet connection and you can pretty much do almost anything and…

Business

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My businesses are usually built around challenging conventional wisdom, so I tend to gain by taking the other side. It's been very…

Built

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Culture is very important to the Mavs. Your best player has to be a fit for what you want the culture of…

About

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Anyone who says he is an expert in the market is lying to you. There is no such thing.

Expert

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Liquidity is a good proxy for relative net worth. You can't lie about cash, stocks, and bond values.

Bond

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For food service industry and retail, I'm for the minimum wage being increased to at least $12. Not for manufacturing. Software and…

Food

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I'm the one guy who says don't force the stupid people to be quiet - I want to know who the morons…

Force

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Higher education is a business that doesn’t know it’s going out of business.

Business

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If you want to deal with me, email is the way you do it. Working via email means that everything I do…

Checks

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Tech stocks were the cubic zirconium of the market. They looked good and were sexy, but they just were a way for…

Business

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I've learned the number one job of a pro manager is not to win championships but to keep their job.

Business

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Business is the ultimate sport. In business, as in sport, the one thing you can control is effort.

Business

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I love to compete. I want to get out there and kick your ass in the business world. That is what inspires…

Ass

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Mark Cuban by topic

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