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Mark Cuban

Mark Cuban is the owner of many multi-million dollar companies, has a net worth of over 1.3 billion dollars, is a star on a popular tv show known as Shark Tank for 7 seasons, and has a large role in many charities(Barker,2001).

Mark Cuban had many failures,successes and important things happen to him up to this day. Three of the most influential events in his life were BroadCast.com(Mark cuban outsmarts overdraft fees with dave.com,2017), when Cuban bought the Dallas Mavericks, and what is the most influential event in Cuban’s life, being on Shark Tank(Flanagan,2017). Cubans first major start up was BroadCast.com(Mark cuban outsmarts overdraft fees with dave.com,2017). He owned this company for a total of 6 years until he sold …show more content…

Take an example, his first major company, BroadCast.com, he started it with only his childhood knowledge of entrepreneurship and some friends who could work a computer(Mark cuban outsmarts overdraft fees with dave.com.,2017). His little garage company with 3 friends turned into what some would say the turning point of his life. When others saw how he had made it with a small garage company, they wanted to try as well. When Cuban bought the Dallas Mavericks, he changed the way people viewed basketball(Barker,2001). The small fan base that actually said they supported the Mavs went from 0 to 100(Barker,2001). The players themselves gained so much confidence when they started to be treated well by their manger they were able to win more championships in 6 years than they had in the past 20. When Cuban went on Shark Tank, he opened up people’s eyes even more(Flanagan,2017). They realized that that was their chance to make something out of their dying company. That show could turn their company that was barely making any profit at all to being multi-million dollar companies that others envied. Cuban helped so many people in starting their dreams that he could complete his own dream, helping others with his knowledge and skill in

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