How did Mark Cuban become rich?
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Shortly after college, in 1982, Cuban moved to Dallas, Texas and found work with a new IBM PC software dealer. He was fired for choosing to make a sales call to close a $10,000 software deal instead of opening the store on time. Cuban founded a new company, MicroSolutions, and was able to convince some of his previous customers to come along. The Microsolutions became a system integrator and reseller for companies like Novell, 3Com, IBM, Banyan, Apple Computer and Sun Microsystems and an early adopter of technologies such as Carbon Copy, Lotus Notes, and CompuServe. One of the company's biggest clients was Perot Systems. In July of 1990, Cuban sold MicroSolutions to CompuServe, Inc, then a subsidiary of H&R Block, for $6 million.\n\nCuban and fellow Indiana alum Todd Wagner still eagerly followed their college basketball team, and conceived the idea of broadcasting live games and events through the Internet. They began Audionet in 1995 with a single Packard Bell server and ISDN line, which became Broadcast.com in 1998. They achieved success by broadcasting sporting and corporate events much less expensively than with existing leased lines. By 1999, Broadcast.com had grown to 330 employees and annual revenues close to $100 million. With the stock market now in the midst of the Dot-com boom, Cuban was able to sell the company to Yahoo! for $5.7 billion in stock.
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That's a tough question. His online braid-selling scheme sure didn't work. But he did claim to put all his money in a Ross IRA. Then again, you can't really trust anything he says, because he's dumb. He even admits it. He sent out a press release about it and everything.
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Before Broadcast.com, Cuban founded MicroSolutions, a leading National Systems Integrator, in 1983, and later sold it to CompuServe.\n\nBought the Dallas Mavericks basketball team on January 14, 2000.\n\nCo-founded Broadcast.com, the leading provider of multimedia and streaming on the Internet, in 1995, selling it to Yahoo! in July of 1999 for more than $5 billion.\n\nAttempted to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey club in the late 1990s.\n\nWas a season ticket holder to the Dallas Mavericks before purchasing the club.\n\nFounder of digital network HDNet.\n\nAs a publicity stunt, worked at a Dallas area Dairy Queen for a day. His "pay" was donated to charity.\n\nHe and Broadcast.com partner Todd Wagner are large stockholders in Lions Gate Entertainment which produces and distributes motion picture and television programming.\n\nHas been listed on the Forbes 400 Richest Americans list since 2000 with an estimated net worth of 1.3 to 1.9 billion dollars.\n\nChairman and co-owner of Magnolia Pictures along with Todd Wagner. Magnolia has distributed Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004), Control Room (2004) and others.\n\nChairman and co-owner of Landmark Theaters along with Todd Wagner.\n\nChairman and majority owner of Rysher Entertainment along with Todd Wagner\n\nProducer - filmography\n(In Production) (2000s) \n\nWhat Just Happened? (2007) (announced) (producer) \nHunter (2007) (pre-production) (producer) \nBroken English (2007) (filming) (executive producer) \nWe Own the Night (2007) (filming) (executive producer) \nBlack Christmas (2006) (filming) (executive producer) \nFast Track (2006/I) (post-production) (executive producer) \nDiggers (2006) (post-production) (executive producer) \nTuristas (2006) (completed) (executive producer) \n\n\nThe Architect (2006) (executive producer) \nHerbie Hancock: Possibilities (2006) (executive producer) \nAkeelah and the Bee (2006) (executive producer) \nThe War Within (2005) (executive producer) \nOne Last Thing... (2005) (executive producer) \nBubble (2005/I) (executive producer) \nGood Night, and Good Luck. (2005) (executive producer) \nThe Jacket (2005) (executive producer) \nEnron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) (executive producer) \nCriminal (2004) (executive producer) \nGodsend (2004) (executive producer) \n... aka Adam (Canada: French title) \n"Star Search" (1983) TV Series (co-executive producer) (2002-2004) \n"The Mark Cuban Show" (2002) TV Series (executive producer) \nSearching for Debra Winger (2002) (executive producer) \n\n\n\nFilmography as: Producer, Actor, Himself, Archive Footage\n\nActor - filmography\n(In Production) (2000s) (1990s) \n\nLike Mike 2: Streetball (2006) (V) (completed) .... Coach\n\n\n"Walker, Texas Ranger" \n    - Wedding Bells: Part 1 (2000) TV Episode .... Mark Smith\n    - Wedding Bells: Part 2 (2000) TV Episode .... Mark Smith\n    - Soldiers of Hate (2000) TV Episode .... Mark Smith\n\n\nLost at Sea (1995) .... Villain\nTalking About Sex (1994) .... Macho Mark\n\n\n\nFilmography as: Producer, Actor, Himself, Archive Footage\n\nHimself - filmography\n(In Production) (2000s) \n\nAll In (2006) (completed) .... Himself\n\n\n"Pardon the Interruption" \n... aka P.T.I. (USA: promotional abbreviation) \n    - Episode dated 19 April 2006 (2006) TV Episode .... Himself\n    - Episode dated 5 June 2006 (????) TV Episode .... Himself\n"The Colbert Report" \n    - Episode dated 15 December 2005 (2005) TV Episode .... Himself\n"Costas Now" \n    - Episode #1.2 (2005) TV Episode .... Himself - Panelist\n"Beyond the Glory" \n    - Sex and Sports (2005) TV Episode .... Himself\n"The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn" \n... aka The Late Late Show (USA: short title) \n    - Episode dated 29 October 2004 (2004) TV Episode .... Himself\n"On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren" \n    - Episode dated 14 October 2004 (2004) TV Episode .... Himself\n"The Benefactor" (20
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Cuba was very much a  playground for wealthy foreigners and run by the mafia. Castro kicked them out and gave Cuba an excellent health and education programme. For many Cubans he has been a huge success. He has been very badly treated by America who have tried to destroy the country by trade embargoes. This has failed -and should have stopped long ago.
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To get popular so Doors of Perception would make him rich?
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Usually so, look at bill gates,  high school drop out turned richest man in the world.
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The simplest way to get rich is by starting with a millionaire mindset.  Always think "big".  Donald Trump said if he had to do it all over again, he would start with Network Marketing.  This is your own business that you can build while at your current job and when it surpasses your income, you can pursue it full time.\nDo your research and find a company in very good standing with the Better Business Bureau, be sure the compensation plan is outstanding and make certain you are confident in the product.\nOnce that is done, the sky is the limit!  \nI dedicate myself 100% to helping others achieve their dreams.
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I think we're all making him rich by buying his books.  He doesn't say anything new, but he markets his product very well. We should do as he does, not as he says.  To get rich you should write books about getting rich.\n\nOne thing I remember reading in his book is to have somebody else clean your home because it makes economic sense.  It does and I'm very happy.
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Not much these days.  Maybe even negative dollars.  He own about 9% of MSFT stock.  You can see the market cap here and see that his wealth goes up and down quite a bit every day.
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Wanna know how to get rich? \n\nGo out and work very VERY hard. You might get there.
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The only people who get rich are the people selling you those things.  They package information that you can get yourself if you do a little homework.
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After almost winning the Heisman Trophy while playing college football for Washington State University, he was drafted by the San Diego Chargers.  He was given a huge signing bonus (I want to say $15 million) and due largely to his immaturity, became a millionaire jerk.  He never regained his college form in the pros and finally gave it up a few years ago.  He's now a QB coach for West Texas A&M as of 2006.  His college coach, Mike Price,  actually used his condo in Spokane, WA after Price was involved with the stripper scandal in FL.
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If you are asking why he OWNS so much, the answer is he was born with some talent and he spent his entire younger life being pushed by his father with a singleminded purpose to excel at golf. So today, he has fame and wealth, but at what cost? Try to think of what he had to sacrifice while growing up such as friends, spontaneous activities, and just hanging out. There is always a balance between what you have and what you gave up to get it. Each person has to come to grips with whether or not they made the right choice. \n\nOne the other hand, if you are wondering why he has so much and you perhaps don't, or if you think it is not fair for one person to own so much while others don't, that is the wonderful part of living in America, the greatest nation on earth since the beginning of time. Every single person has the ability to choose, but most squander those choices. I hope you will think deeply about the answers and perhaps craft some new purpose of focus in your own life as a result. Best of luck.\nThe Answer Man
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Just as a warrior exercises and practise before he goes to war, just as a poet rewrites and rewrites before he is satisfied, you need to go the distance in making money as well. The only way to get rich, is through owning a business. \n\nThe best business training available is through network or multi level marketing. Be on the look-out for the system with the best training, not necessarily the best products. (However, sometimes they go together) \n\nBe careful of pyramid schemes though - they often masquearade as multi-level marketing schemes. Look out for monthly contributions for "membership" or too large upfront fees.
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...JFK will make you rich!!
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I looked it up one google and the best answer i could find was  he is worth more than 20 million...I tried! MayMAy
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i don`t get it... first shes famous for being rich.now shes getting richer for being famous....