Mark Cuban on ‘Shark Tank,’ the Mavs and Elon Musk
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The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 6 February 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Mark Cuban is known for a lot of different things. If you're a basketball fan, like me, you've probably known him as the owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks. |
| 0:17.0 | But this team has so much heart, so much determination. |
| 0:20.6 | If you love business, also like me, you've surely seen him on the show Shark Tank |
| 0:26.0 | where he's been striking deals and crushing dreams for 15 years. |
| 0:30.0 | Look we all make mistakes as entrepreneurs but I just really don't think you have your act together on this. |
| 0:36.2 | For those reasons, I'm out. |
| 0:39.0 | But now, he's taking a step back from the things he's been most known for. |
| 0:43.2 | This year will be his last season on Shark Tank, |
| 0:48.4 | and he just recently sold the majority stake in the Mavericks. |
| 0:52.1 | I wanted to ask him about these decisions. |
| 0:55.4 | So yesterday, Mark and I got on a video call. |
| 0:58.9 | Are you like in a spaceship? Just in a plane. |
| 1:02.3 | Ah, is this your private plane? My private plane, yep. Nice. It's a great place to do an interview. |
| 1:08.0 | It's a great place to do anything. |
| 1:10.0 | These days Mark, who turned 66 this year is giving more of his attention to a new arena, |
| 1:20.9 | health care, with a startup that sells cheap prescription medication online. |
| 1:26.3 | He says it has the potential to disrupt the industry. |
| 1:30.0 | It's actually, and this is going to sound crazy, it's been the easiest business I've ever had to grow. |
| 1:39.0 | Welcome to the Journal, our show about money, business, and power. |
| 1:43.0 | I'm Ryan Knutzen. |
| 1:45.0 | It's Tuesday, February 6th. |
| 1:47.0 | Coming up on the show, a conversation with billionaire investor Mark Cuban. Like some kind of pizza Ninja, Domino's are slicing their prices. |
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