Anyone else See Mark Cuban on Bill Maher?

[Max E.]

Quote from denner:

I agree, he hit the lottery as he happened to be in the right industry at the right time. I don't particularly like the guy either, he has a very strange vibe about him.

The thing about what Cuban is that he wasnt much different than the guys at goldman sachs who created shit paper, during the housing boom, and made billions hyping it and dumping it off on someone else. He knew his company was shit or he wouldnt have sold out of it completely when he had the chance.

I got respect for tech billionaires like Sergei Brin, and Mark Zuckerberg, because they actually had a desire to make and run a viable company, and they did just that, and cashed in for billions and it wasnt even during the tech bubble, and they still want to run their companies, and keep on making them better, they werent just looking for a sucker to hang their shit company on.

So I understand where Maverick is coming from when he says he doesnt respect the guy.

 

[as678]

Now THERE is a problem the US is going to have to come to terms with: Undeserved Wealth!

Quote from Max E. Pad:


One saliant point he made however, was that Clinton balanced the budget/created jobs based on the internet bubble, and not because of any of his own policies, I find this particularly interesting, because Cuban was basically admitting that the Internet bubble was a 1 time bubble which created all kinds of undeserved wealth. I would have loved it if he came out and said the company he sold for 2 billion was dog shit, and that he happened to be there during the tech bubble, though i think he held back due to potential liability reasons.

 

[Maverick74]

Quote from Maverick74:

Sorry Denner, I have to disagree with you. Give me a billion dollars and I'll build you a great team too. If you are looking for someone to idolize for re-building a team, start with Billy Beane. He had the smallest budget and the worst team in MLB and built a World Champion team with little to no talent and no money. Worship the Billy Beane's of the world, not the Mark Cubans. I guess you are going to tell me how great George Steinbrenner was too now right?

In case you're interested in "Moneyball", the title of both the book and movie about Billy Beane.

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[stock777]

I think they paid 99% of the billions for the url (broadcast) before they realized that a stupid made up name was better and cost NOTHING.

 

[wildchild]

I dont really care about Mark Cuban one way or the other. The most surprising thing about the whole thread is that this piece of fecal matter named Maher still has a TV show.

 

[tradinglucy]

Completely agree: Goldman Sachs people are crooks. Brin and Zuckerberg deserve their places in the billionaire-o-sphere.

Quote from Max E. Pad:

The thing about what Cuban is that he wasnt much different than the guys at goldman sachs who created shit paper, during the housing boom, and made billions hyping it and dumping it off on someone else. He knew his company was shit or he wouldnt have sold out of it completely when he had the chance.

I got respect for tech billionaires like Sergei Brin, and Mark Zuckerberg, because they actually had a desire to make and run a viable company, and they did just that, and cashed in for billions and it wasnt even during the tech bubble, and they still want to run their companies, and keep on making them better, they werent just looking for a sucker to hang their shit company on.

So I understand where Maverick is coming from when he says he doesnt respect the guy.