# Serial Entrepreneur: Mark Cuban

- Show: [How I Built This](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this)
- Published: 2016-12-05
- Length: 33m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2016-12-05-serial-entrepreneur-mark-cuban

## Summary

Mark Cuban, the serial entrepreneur and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, recounts his journey from a bartender in Dallas to a tech billionaire. He details his early career selling PCs, founding MicroSolutions, and selling it to CompuServe for $6 million. Cuban then explains how he identified the potential of internet streaming, co-founding AudioNet (later Broadcast.com), which Yahoo acquired for $570 million in stock, making him a billionaire. The episode also covers his purchase of the Mavericks and his philosophy on investing and Shark Tank.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2016-12-05-serial-entrepreneur-mark-cuban#t=0) Introduction: Mark Cuban and the Hustle
- [2:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2016-12-05-serial-entrepreneur-mark-cuban#t=150) Early Career: From Pittsburgh to Dallas Bartending
- [6:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2016-12-05-serial-entrepreneur-mark-cuban#t=375) MicroSolutions: Selling PCs and Systems Integration
- [12:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2016-12-05-serial-entrepreneur-mark-cuban#t=752) Selling MicroSolutions to CompuServe
- [13:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2016-12-05-serial-entrepreneur-mark-cuban#t=784) Stock Market Success and Early Retirement
- [17:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2016-12-05-serial-entrepreneur-mark-cuban#t=1030) Founding AudioNet and Betting on Streaming
- [21:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2016-12-05-serial-entrepreneur-mark-cuban#t=1318) Yahoo Acquisition and Becoming a Billionaire
- [22:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2016-12-05-serial-entrepreneur-mark-cuban#t=1348) Buying the Dallas Mavericks
- [25:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2016-12-05-serial-entrepreneur-mark-cuban#t=1534) Shark Tank Philosophy and Investing

## Topics

- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)
- [Growth, exits & acquisitions](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/growth-exits-and-acquisitions)
- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)
- [Fundraising & investors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/fundraising)
- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Pricing, margins & unit economics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pricing-and-unit-economics)

## Most relevant to

founders before launch, early-stage companies, companies scaling up, large enterprises

## Mentioned

- U.S. Bank (company)
- Mellon Bank (company)
- Your Business Software (company)
- MicroSolutions (company)
- CompuServe (company)
- Goldman Sachs (company)
- AudioNet (company)
- Yahoo (company)
- Dallas Mavericks (company)
- Shark Tank (product)
- Packard Bell (product)
- RadioShack (company)
- TRS 80 (product)
- KLIF (company)
- Pet Pack (product)

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- [Rooting for the Home Team with Paul Freedman and Bryan Carmel](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2026-05-27-rooting-for-the-home-team-with-paul-freedman-and-bryan-carmel) (Oxide and Friends)
- [214 - Alex Cree on how he met Mark Cuban and innovated a new food product](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2023-09-20-214-alex-cree-on-how-he-met-mark-cuban-and-innovated-a-new-food-product) (People of Packaging)
- [220: How Storytelling Drives Consumer Product Sales](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/product-startup/2024-04-05-220-how-storytelling-drives-consumer-product-sales) (Product Startup)
- [Founder Fundraising Journey: Victor Guardiola, Bawi](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-startup-cpg-podcast/2026-08-01-founder-fundraising-journey-victor-guardiola-bawi) (The Startup CPG Podcast)

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