Mark Cuban

you know and you're looking at bartending at night to try to pay the bills and so um it wasn't hard for me but to your point it really comes down to preparation you know if it's important enough to you you'll save the money you'll give up you know whatever it is you need to give up to put the money aside um if you have obligations um you'll put in the work to learn as much as you can about that industry so that when you start your business you're prepared

you know and you're looking at bartending at night to try to pay the bills and so um it wasn't hard for me but to your point it really comes down to preparation you know if it's important enough to you you'll save the money you'll give up you know whatever it is you need to give up to put the money aside um if you have obligations um you'll put in the work to learn as much as you can about that industry so that when you start your business you're prepared

And you can always, you know, at night, on weekends, whenever you find time, lunch, start making the calls to find out if people will write you a check, you know, transfer you money to buy whatever it is you're selling. And by doing those things, you can put yourself in a position to succeed.

And you can always, you know, at night, on weekends, whenever you find time, lunch, start making the calls to find out if people will write you a check, you know, transfer you money to buy whatever it is you're selling. And by doing those things, you can put yourself in a position to succeed.

And you can always, you know, at night, on weekends, whenever you find time, lunch, start making the calls to find out if people will write you a check, you know, transfer you money to buy whatever it is you're selling. And by doing those things, you can put yourself in a position to succeed.

It's where people just think, okay, you know, Geronimo, I'm leafing off the edge of a cliff and I'm starting a business. That's tough. But sometimes that's like the way you do it though. There's always examples of any situation or scenario, right? But I mean- Yeah, but if you're going into a new business, you're going to have competition unless you're really, really, really, really, really lucky.

It's where people just think, okay, you know, Geronimo, I'm leafing off the edge of a cliff and I'm starting a business. That's tough. But sometimes that's like the way you do it though. There's always examples of any situation or scenario, right? But I mean- Yeah, but if you're going into a new business, you're going to have competition unless you're really, really, really, really, really lucky.

It's where people just think, okay, you know, Geronimo, I'm leafing off the edge of a cliff and I'm starting a business. That's tough. But sometimes that's like the way you do it though. There's always examples of any situation or scenario, right? But I mean- Yeah, but if you're going into a new business, you're going to have competition unless you're really, really, really, really, really lucky.

And that competition is not going to just say, okay, let Lex or Mark just kick our ass. And so you've got to be prepared to how you're going to deal with that competition.

And that competition is not going to just say, okay, let Lex or Mark just kick our ass. And so you've got to be prepared to how you're going to deal with that competition.

And that competition is not going to just say, okay, let Lex or Mark just kick our ass. And so you've got to be prepared to how you're going to deal with that competition.

You know, I think we've just got a culture of consumption and more. And to get more, you've got to, creating a business gives you the greatest potential upside and the greatest leverage on your time, but it also creates the most risk.

You know, I think we've just got a culture of consumption and more. And to get more, you've got to, creating a business gives you the greatest potential upside and the greatest leverage on your time, but it also creates the most risk.

You know, I think we've just got a culture of consumption and more. And to get more, you've got to, creating a business gives you the greatest potential upside and the greatest leverage on your time, but it also creates the most risk.

Hopefully that's still the case. Yeah. Well, yeah, there's always, uh, yeah.

Hopefully that's still the case. Yeah. Well, yeah, there's always, uh, yeah.

Hopefully that's still the case. Yeah. Well, yeah, there's always, uh, yeah.

So us versus other countries, like Joe Biden, of all people said to me, um, it was at an entrepreneurship conference that when he was vice president, he had put together and, uh,

So us versus other countries, like Joe Biden, of all people said to me, um, it was at an entrepreneurship conference that when he was vice president, he had put together and, uh,

So us versus other countries, like Joe Biden, of all people said to me, um, it was at an entrepreneurship conference that when he was vice president, he had put together and, uh,