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by Mark Cuban, October 31, 2008 | Comments (1)

by Mark Cuban, October 23, 2008 | Comments (2)

	Here are rules for success The Rules of Success As MicroSolutions became more and more successful, and as I paid attention to the common traits of businesses that I saw succeed and those I saw fail, I came to realize that there are “Rules of Success” that I saw in companies that excelled. Where companies failed to follow those rules, inevitably, they failed. I found ...
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by Mark Cuban, October 15, 2008 | Comments (1)

by Mark Cuban, September 30, 2008 | Comments (1)

	The 'Bailout' is lipstick on bank balance sheets No question the bailout is necessary. We need the liquidity. But just like Botox, the impact of the Bailout will wear off very quickly. Its lipstick on bank balance sheets. The biggest mistake any taxpayer, shareholder or employee can make is to the think the Bailout solves the crisis. It doesn’t. So Post Bailout what has really changed ? 1. ...
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by Mark Cuban, August 19, 2008 | Comments (2)

	Stop playing the game of replacing TV For years, people have been saying that they will watch things in HD that they would never ordinarily watch. In the 12 years I have been involved in Internet Video in one form or another, I have yet to have anyone ever tell me they will watch something just because it's on the internet. That's not to say people won't ...
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by Mark Cuban, August 13, 2008 | Comments (0)

	I'm just saying... Allow for downloads In 9th grade, my social studies teacher taught me that the greatest marketing slogan ever were the words "rinse and repeat " that they put on shampoo bottles. There is absolutely no reason to wash your hair twice, but if anyone does, they are that much closer to buying another bottle.A simple, and maybe as effective option for video ? ...
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by Mark Cuban, July 28, 2008 | Comments (0)

by Mark Cuban, July 15, 2008 | Comments (2)

	Just deliver video like you're delivering TV; it works There is a lot of money being spent trying to turn internet video into something it's not. It's not TV. It's certainly not going to be HDTV. What is shocking about the entire attempt to turn the internet into a TV/HDTV distribution medium is how much people lie to themselves about what is actually happening. First of all, 100 percent ...
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by Mark Cuban, July 12, 2008 | Comments (0)

	As long as someone else is paying for it Everyone wants to give everything away for free. That's the way the Internet should work, right ? Wrong. Let me change the conventional wisdom a little bit with this:Free is only good if someone else is paying for it. We don't want to waste our time with a product or service if it's not worth anything. We want things of ...
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by Mark Cuban, July 10, 2008 | Comments (1)

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