Mark Cuban
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
MARK CUBAN
BY MITCH FOGHT
EARLY LIFE
- Born July 31, 1958 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- His parents were Russian Jews
- Sold garbage bags at age 12
EARLY LIFE 2.0
- 1982, Cuban moved to Dallas Texas
- He worked as a bartender
- salesperson for "Your business Software"
- Was fired less than a year later
EARLY BEGINNINGS
- started "micro solutions" after he was fired.
- Was a system integrator and software reseller
- largest client was Perot systems
BUSINESS CAREER
- In 1990, mark sold micro solutions to compuserve
- (Compuserve was a subsidiary of H&R Block)
- sold the company for 6 million
LATER BUISNESS VENTURES
- In 1998, helped fund audionet.
- In 1998, audionet became broadcast.com
- 1999, Broadcast.com had grown to 330 employees
- 13.5 million in the second quarter.
FURTHER BUSINESS VENTURES
- Broadcast.com was later acquired by yahoo.com for 5.7 billion in yahoo stock
- Mark would later diversify his wealth as to avoid crisis
CURRENT DAY
- Mark Cuban is currently working as one of the Sharks on shark tank,
- Owns the Dallas Mavericks
HOW THE INDUSTRY HAS IMPROVED
- Broadcast.com is obsolete
- Most news channels have radio
NEAT FACTS
- Was a contestant on dancing with the stars
- Is in the Guinness world record book (1999)
- Lives in Dallas
- Mark Cuban is my biological father
