Mark Cuban, Shark Tank Investor, Entrepreneur

Today, my guest is Mark Cuban, a billionaire entrepreneur, investor, and media personality whose larger-than-life presence has made him a household name. Best known on ABC’s Shark Tank and the passionate owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, Mark’s journey from humble beginnings to a net worth exceeding $5 billion is a testament to his relentless hustle. Born in Pittsburgh, he started hustling at age 12, selling garbage bags door-to-door to buy basketball shoes. That drive led him to co-found MicroSolutions, sold for $6 million.

In 1995, Mark and long-time friend Todd Wagner came up with an internet based solution to not being able to listen to Hoosiers Basketball games out in Texas. That solution was Broadcast.com – streaming audio over the Internet. In just four short years, Broadcast.com (then Audionet) would be sold to Yahoo for $5.6 billion.

Mark is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks professional basketball team of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the co-owner of 2929 Entertainment. Mark has invested in hundreds of startups, from innovative apps to cutting-edge health tech, through Shark Tank and his own ventures.