Mark Cuban
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Because I mean, that's, that's your riskiest point in time. Right. And so if you've done your homework, which includes going out there and testing product market fit, um, you should have confidence that you're gonna be able to sell it. Now, if you didn't do your homework and you go out there and you sell whatever it is, and you've raised money or whatever,
Because I mean, that's, that's your riskiest point in time. Right. And so if you've done your homework, which includes going out there and testing product market fit, um, you should have confidence that you're gonna be able to sell it. Now, if you didn't do your homework and you go out there and you sell whatever it is, and you've raised money or whatever,
And just to pivot, you've already shown that you haven't been able to read the market. And so it's not that pivots can't work and always don't work. They can, but more often than not, they don't. You pivot for a reason. That's because you made a huge mistake.
And just to pivot, you've already shown that you haven't been able to read the market. And so it's not that pivots can't work and always don't work. They can, but more often than not, they don't. You pivot for a reason. That's because you made a huge mistake.
And just to pivot, you've already shown that you haven't been able to read the market. And so it's not that pivots can't work and always don't work. They can, but more often than not, they don't. You pivot for a reason. That's because you made a huge mistake.
Oh, yeah. Just iterations. Yeah. Yeah. You know, entrepreneurship being, having any business is just continuous iteration, continuous. Your product, your sales pitch, your advertising, you know, introducing new technology. How do you use AI or not use AI? Where do you use it? What person is the right person?
Oh, yeah. Just iterations. Yeah. Yeah. You know, entrepreneurship being, having any business is just continuous iteration, continuous. Your product, your sales pitch, your advertising, you know, introducing new technology. How do you use AI or not use AI? Where do you use it? What person is the right person?
Oh, yeah. Just iterations. Yeah. Yeah. You know, entrepreneurship being, having any business is just continuous iteration, continuous. Your product, your sales pitch, your advertising, you know, introducing new technology. How do you use AI or not use AI? Where do you use it? What person is the right person?
There's just a million touch points, you know, that you're always reevaluating in real time that you have to be agile and adapt and change.
There's just a million touch points, you know, that you're always reevaluating in real time that you have to be agile and adapt and change.
There's just a million touch points, you know, that you're always reevaluating in real time that you have to be agile and adapt and change.
Like how are you going to make money on this? Software for sure. Because, you know, anything digital. Because it can change in a millisecond.
Like how are you going to make money on this? Software for sure. Because, you know, anything digital. Because it can change in a millisecond.
Like how are you going to make money on this? Software for sure. Because, you know, anything digital. Because it can change in a millisecond.
So my partner, Todd Wagner, and I would get together for lunches. And we were at California Pizza Kitchen in Preston Hollow in Dallas. And he was talking about how we could β used this new thing called the internet, this is late 94, early 95, to be able to listen to Indiana University basketball games, because that's where we went to school.
So my partner, Todd Wagner, and I would get together for lunches. And we were at California Pizza Kitchen in Preston Hollow in Dallas. And he was talking about how we could β used this new thing called the internet, this is late 94, early 95, to be able to listen to Indiana University basketball games, because that's where we went to school.
So my partner, Todd Wagner, and I would get together for lunches. And we were at California Pizza Kitchen in Preston Hollow in Dallas. And he was talking about how we could β used this new thing called the internet, this is late 94, early 95, to be able to listen to Indiana University basketball games, because that's where we went to school.
And he was like, look, when we would listen to games, we would have somebody in Bloomington, Indiana, have a speakerphone next to a radio, and then we would have a speakerphone in Dallas, and a six-pack or 12-pack of beer, and we'd sit around listening to the game, because there was no other way to listen to it. So I was like, okay, my first company, Micro Solutions, I'd written software,
And he was like, look, when we would listen to games, we would have somebody in Bloomington, Indiana, have a speakerphone next to a radio, and then we would have a speakerphone in Dallas, and a six-pack or 12-pack of beer, and we'd sit around listening to the game, because there was no other way to listen to it. So I was like, okay, my first company, Micro Solutions, I'd written software,
And he was like, look, when we would listen to games, we would have somebody in Bloomington, Indiana, have a speakerphone next to a radio, and then we would have a speakerphone in Dallas, and a six-pack or 12-pack of beer, and we'd sit around listening to the game, because there was no other way to listen to it. So I was like, okay, my first company, Micro Solutions, I'd written software,