Hi, it's Bob Safian. You've been hearing me as the host of rapid response in this feed for a few years now,

with short newsy interviews alongside the deeper dives of Masters of Scale. Well, I'm excited to share that rapid response is expanding into its own feed.

We'll be putting out shows twice a week, focusing on the urgent issues that business leaders are dealing with in real time.

So search for rapid response in your podcast player

and subscribe to make sure you get all our episodes.

I'll see you on the other side. We're about to start our episode. I'll see you on the other side.

We're about to start our episode with Mark Cuban,

quintessential entrepreneur, an investor,

made famous by his role on TV Shark Tank.

And that's where we're going to start the show

by hearing from one of the

entrepreneurs brave enough to put themselves at the mercy of Mark and the

other sharks. It's like you are about to go out on the floor to play your first NBA game.

The lights are dark.

You get your cue to come out.

Lights turn on.

Your heart starts to race.

You start to walk out, the big door is open, you see the five charts there. Your brain is telling you it's real.

Your foot hits the pavement, hits the Your brain is telling you it's real.

Your foot hits the pavement, hits the wood.

You sit there for about five to ten seconds, you can't say nothing. Camera goes past you and you know when your cue is you better bring it

it's time for you to like jump in that five to ten seconds jump.

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