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Mark Cuban Reveals Lost Broadcast.com Patents That Could've Shaped Tech's Future — Still Willing To Buy It Back, 'If Anyone There Cares'
Monday, May 12, 2025 - 3:28am | 730Over the weekend, billionaire investor Mark Cuban shared a list of unfiled patent ideas from Broadcast.com's early days, indicating they could have changed the course of internet history. What Happened: Taking to X, formerly Twitter, Cuban shared "Potential Broadcast.com Patent Applications," dated...
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How Mark Cuban Turned Broadcast.com Into $5.7B Sale: 'We Were The YouTube Of Our Day'
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 - 12:18pm | 566Mark Cuban's journey from software entrepreneur to billionaire began with a tech company called MicroSolutions in the 1980s. While many remember Cuban for his later ventures, it was MicroSolutions that first established him in the business world. "What we were really good at was connecting them...
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How Being A 'Lousy Employee' Fueled Mark Cuban's Success: "I Was A Know-It-All"
Saturday, December 2, 2023 - 1:27pm | 706The entrepreneurial journey of Mark Cuban, the celebrated billionaire investor who is set to sell a majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks, is a tale of resilience and self-discovery. What Happened: In a candid interview with Wired last month, Cuban shared insights into his early...
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Mark Cuban Sold Trash Bags Door-To-Door At 12 Years Old, 'In Our Household, If You Wanted Something, You Had To Earn It'
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 - 3:50pm | 657Billionaire Mark Cuban has been hustling and running businesses since he was a boy. Cuban shared how he got started out of necessity and how he’s always tried to take care of his employees. What Happened: Cuban became a billionaire in 1999 with the sale of Broadcast.com, a company he co-...
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Mark Cuban Would Give This Advice To His Younger Self, 'I Wish Someone Told Me...'
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 - 12:58pm | 500Entrepreneur and NBA team owner Mark Cuban is a billionaire and well known for leading companies and investing in new ones like those that come onto “Shark Tank.” Cuban recently shared the advice he would give his younger self. What Happened: Cuban became a billionaire with the sale of...
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To Succeed With Tumblr, Yahoo Has to Reverse a History of Questionable Acquisitions
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 1:53pm | 280With the blessing of its board on Sunday, Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) acquired Tumblr, the trendy social network most popular among teens, at a favorable valuation of $1.1 billion. This means Marissa Meyer and company shelled out about a quarter of the company's cash on the chance that they can...
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Is There Something In The Water At Mt. Lebanon?
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 3:02pm | 95Broadcast.com founder Mark Cuban is one of many celebrities associated with the town of Mt. Lebanon. Ming-Na (most well-known for her appearance on ER), Gillian Jacobs (one of the stars of Community) and Pittsburgh Penguins legend Mario Lemieux are just a few of the names in connection to the...
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Mark Cuban: Facebook Is Becoming Too Googlized
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 2:25pm | 58Broadcast.com founder Mark Cuban told CNBC today that he thinks that Facebook is becoming too Googlized. Cuban said that Facebook was once a lean company but it has since hired too many former Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) employees. His advice for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is that he stays private.