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title: "Mark Cuban: Exclusive Interview & Wealth Creation Story"
url: https://billionaires.com/mark-cuban/
date: 2022-11-02
modified: 2024-01-12
author: "Kevin Coulston"
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# Mark Cuban: Exclusive Interview & Wealth Creation Story

### Mark Cuban: Exclusive Interview & Wealth Creation Story

*“I am relentless when it comes to learning new things. This is a huge competitive advantage.”*

While we have had a member of **Mark Cuban**‘s family office attend our **Family Office Club** investor summits in the past, I recently got to connect with Mark directly to answer questions around strategies he used to build his wealth.

Before we get to his insights I just want to add that I personally have benefited and learned from watching Mark in his interviews, reading his book twice, and watching him on Shark Tank as well.  The top 3 things I have taken away are:

1. Business is a 24/7 game and some use that to constantly improve and gain a major information advantage and others do not
2. You can drown in opportunity, you must focus your energies on the highest return
3. Mark could have sold his business for $50M and instead held out for a $1B+ sale which netted him 20x the results for the work he put in

**Here are the questions we had a chance to ask him:**

![](https://billionaires.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mark-cuban.jpg)

**1) What is the #1 most costly mistake you have made or see many investors or business owners make that could be avoided?**

*Many CEOs are not nice people, they don’t treat others well. They falsely believe you have to be vicious to be successful, but it is, in fact, the exact opposite.*

**2) What is a strategy worth far more than $1 million that you wish someone provided you with earlier on that you can share here?**

*The strategy that is worth $1M+ is that many company owners do not give any equity to their employees. Aligning incentives is critical and a huge benefit that many overlook.*

**3) What was the major turning point, point of increased momentum, or strategic chokepoint, that once acquired or completed made everything you were doing surge forward?**

*The fact that I could sell and I have always been relentless in learning new things gave me a great edge. Most people just do their jobs or run their companies and that’s it. I am relentless when it comes to learning new things. This is a huge competitive advantage.*

**I along with 5,500+ others highly recommend Mark‘s book which is  a quick read and available on Audible, it is called “(https://www.audible.com/pd/How-to-Win-at-the-Sport-of-Business-Audiobook/B00U373VRO?source_code=GPAGBSH0508140001&ipRedirectOverride=true&gclid=Cj0KCQjwnvOaBhDTARIsAJf8eVNgFc9AO9y3rSKq2AUB8JvlmB4XIGrK6KVlb-jWm3DoBCbe3fVsH9UaApR6EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds)“**

[![](https://billionaires.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/51agV2kwUPL._SL500_-1.jpg)](https://www.audible.com/pd/How-to-Win-at-the-Sport-of-Business-Audiobook/B00U373VRO?source_code=GPAGBSH0508140001&ipRedirectOverride=true&gclid=Cj0KCQjwnvOaBhDTARIsAJf8eVNgFc9AO9y3rSKq2AUB8JvlmB4XIGrK6KVlb-jWm3DoBCbe3fVsH9UaApR6EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds)

**The following is a video on the wealth creation story of Mark Cuban. This video was created several years ago but does a good job of quickly explaining how he built his business.**