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Mark Cuban is an American businessman and investor. After selling Broadcast.com to Yahoo, he bought the Dallas Mavericks, Landmark Theatres, and Magnolia Pictures. He has appeared on Dancing With The Stars, and is one of the Shark Tank investors. He lives in Dallas.

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26 Oct, 2013

Biggest deal in Shark Tank history

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Cuban invests $2 million for 20% of Ten Thirty One Productions, a company that specializes in creating and producing live horror attractions. The company’s CEO, Melissa Carbone, who arrived on set followed by a zombie, presented the Sharks with her company’s most popular attraction, the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride. Upon hearing the Hayride makes $600,000 in cash profit on $1,8 million sales from 17 days operation in the month of October alone, Cuban agrees to buy in, making it the largest deal in the show’s history.

Aug 2012

Diet Mountain Dew commercial

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Cuban stars as himself in the last commercial directed by Tony Scott, promoting Diet Mountain Dew. Soon after the filming of the Mountain Dew commercial starring Cuban, Scott commits suicide.

It was fun to work with Tony Scott. You know, we’re all saddened by the fact that he’s passed away. It was an amazing director, an amazing cast and a unique experience.

Diet Mountain Dew feat. Mark Cuban

2 Jul, 2012

AXS TV

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HDNet is rebranded as AXS TV (pronounced “access”). Its schedule includes music, comedy, reporting and martial arts programming. The network is owned by a consortium comprising AXS TV LLC (founded by Cuban as HDNet in 2001), Ryan Seacrest, Anschutz Entertainment Group and Creative Artists Agency.

One of our tag lines is ‘by the time you see it on YouTube, you have already missed it.’ Live programming has a unique quality in that anyone who is passionate about the artist, team or topic not only wants to see it, they want to see it as the same time as other fans and talk to them via social media, text or email.

12 Jan, 2012

Super Bowl Skechers commercial

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Cuban appears in an ad for Skechers shoes aired during the Super Bowl, despite his claims that he is not an investor in the company.

I just really like mid-foot strike technology and Skechers is the best. I have been wearing their shoes since they came out 3 or 4 years ago.

21 Nov, 2011

How to Win at the Sport of Business

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הורדPublished as a kindle e-book, Cuban’s book is a collection of stories, information and advice geared to help readers achieve success as entrepreneurs.
On his decision to write the book:

I have been blogging for 7 years. I have gotten a ton of requests to write a book. I had resisted because of all the work that comes with distributing a traditional book. With the revolution in book economics, it allowed me to price the book at under 3 dollars and sell it leveraging social media rather than going on a book tour. Plus the ebook format let me take all my blog topics and pull them together in an easy to read and enjoy presentation. It just made sense to do it now.

22 Oct, 2010

Invests in JungleCent

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JungleCentsCuban invests in the gift card affiliate startup JungleCents. No amount is officially reported, but it is assumed that the seed funding amounts to approximately $1.5 million dollars, and that he is the sole funder. Cuban says

Curating and matching deals is both art form and science. It’s not easy to procure deals from major brands and it’s no easier to match those deals to editorial. I don’t see deal curation ever becoming a core competency for high volume sites. Its a very specific skill set and the companies offering the deals don’t want to deal with every media site.

Company co-founder Sameer Mehta says about Cuban’s involvement:

Aside from his advice, where he chimes in on the focus and direction of the company, his name does help because we are a sales-focused company, so it’s easier to get a foot in the door with brands to pitch our products and services.

18 Oct, 2010

BlueCava $5m investment

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Blue CavaCuban and Headington lead a group of investors funding investing five million dollars in BlueCava, a startup company producing a device ID technology which is the first of its kind. CEO David Norris comments on Cuban’s involvement:

Mark is a smart man who is passionate about technology. He believes our business is very unique and he wants to help build it to its maximum potential and help us with our long term strategy of taking our business to a much larger size.

22 May, 2010

Fined $100,000

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The NBA fines Cuban for violating the league’s anti-tampering rules with comments made in an interview with CNNMONEY.com about recruiting LeBron James to the Mavericks. Cuban is punished for failing to adhere to the details of a 2008 memo sent to all 30 NBA teams:

If a member of your organization is asked by the media about a potential free agent prior to the July 1 following the last season covered by the player’s contract, or about any other person under contract with another NBA team, the only proper response is to decline comment.

18 May, 2010

Seeks LeBron for Mavricks

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In an exclusive interview with CNNMoney, Cuban says:

Come July 1st, yeah, of course, anybody would be interested in LeBron James, and if he leaves via free agency, then it’s going to be tough… if he decides to leave — there’s still a better chance he stays — then he’ll try to force a sign-and-trade, and that gives us a chance.

Apr 2010

Loans UFL $5 million

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United_Football_League_(2009)_logoLoans the newly formed United Football League (UFL) $5 million. He will not own a franchise or be involved in the day-to-day operations of the league or of any of its teams.

I didn’t want to take on the responsibility of a franchise. It will make things really interesting, potentially. Now if there’s not a lockout, it’s a valid league.

Jan 2010

Sues UFL over $5 million loan

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Cuban files a federal lawsuit against the United Football League for their failure to repay a $5 million loan by the October 6, 2010 deadline. Cuban refuses to comment, but UFL spokesperson Michael Preston says:

As we have said previously, we like many companies regrettably do not always meet our intended turnaround on payments in these tough economic times when we find ourselves behind in cash flow. We like all new businesses are not immune from the effects of a stagnant economy.

9 Feb, 2009

Announces Stimulus Plan

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Announces what he calls the Mark Cuban Stimulus Plan, which entails people posting ideas that fit certain criteria with the hope that he will either fund them, or other individuals will take up the ideas.

The idea is not just to help you, but to figure out how to help the economy through hard work and ingenuity. If you come up with the idea and get funding, you have a head start. If you execute better than others, you could possibly make money at it.

16 Jan, 2009

Fined for yell

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Cuban is fined $25,000 by the NBA for yelling at Denver Nuggets’ J.R. Smith at the end of the first half of the Mavericks-at-Nuggets game played on January 13. Cuban was apparently incensed that Smith had thrown an elbow that barely missed Mavericks forward Antoine Wright.

 The NBA tells me a tech should have been called on you for throwing the elbow and that I should pay a 25k dollar fine because owners aren’t supposed to get mad. Ever.

7 Dec, 2008

Guest stars on The Simpsons

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Burns nd the BeesThe Burns and the Bees, the eighth episode of The Simpsons‘ 20th season, airs on Fox TV, with Cuban as guest star.

Montgomery Burns attends his annual billionaire retreat and wins control of the Austin Celtics from the show’s Texas oil tycoon in a poker game. After meeting Cuban, Burns tries to win over fans with his own antics. 

17 Oct, 2008

Bailoutsleuth.com

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Bailoutsleuth logoStarts Bailoutsleuth.coma grassroots online portal for overseeing the U.S. government’s $700 billion bailout of financial institutions.

Transparency is key to the success of the Bailout and related loans and investments the government makes with our tax dollars. Without complete transparency, we will get from our government what we always get when it comes to finances – confusion.

13 Oct, 2007

HDNet Fights premiers

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HDNet Fights, a mixed martial arts promotion which airs exclusively on HDNet, premiers with a card headlined by a fight between Erik Paulson and Jeff Ford, as well as fights featuring veterans Drew Fickett and Justin Eilers.

 Beyond live events, we have the only weekly news show dedicated to Mixed Martial Arts on television.

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25 Sep, 2007

Dancing With the Stars – week one

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Cuban performs on the first episode of the show’s fifth season, with professional dancer Kym Johnson.

She is amazing. She is bright, funny and obviously a fabulous dancer. She’s also patient, laughs at my jokes and did a great job teaching me the foxtrot.

DWTS S05 w01 Mark Cuban & Kym Johnson - Foxtrot

Apr 2007

Let’s Go, Mavs!

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let's go mavs coverCuban’s first children’s book, Let’s Go, Mavs!, is published by Mascot Books.

It’s all about good sportsmanship. It can be read by parents or by older kids. The message is simple but important.

2007

Alyssa Cuban born in Dallas, Texas

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Alyssa Cuban is born to parents Mark Cuban, 49 and Tiffany Cuban, 35, and sister Alexis, age 4. Tiffany comments on the growing family:

We’re not the couple you see about town at all the events, because when he’s home, we pretty much want to spend time with the girls and it’s kind of downtime, family time for us.