Mark Cuban Would Give This Advice To His Younger Self, 'I Wish Someone Told Me...'

Entrepreneur and NBA team owner Mark Cuban is a billionaire and well known for leading companies and investing in new ones like those that come onto “Shark Tank.”

Cuban recently shared the advice he would give his younger self.

What Happened: Cuban became a billionaire with the sale of Broadcast.com to Yahoo! in 1999, a deal that valued the audio company he co-founded at $5.7 billion.

In a recent podcast appearance, Cuban said that in his early years, he was always “go, go, go” and it took his partner Todd Wagner, the co-founder of Broadcast.com to tell him that he was scaring some people with this approach.

When asked for his advice to his younger self by podcast host Vijay Pande, Cuban offered several takes.

“I wish someone would have told me to be nicer,” Cuban said on the Bio Eats World podcast.

The entrepreneur said that you can’t get made if people don’t use your version of common sense.

Cuban also said his advice to his younger self would be “Don’t screw it up.”

Four items were offered up by Cuban as advice to people first getting started in business.

“I would tell you that curiosity, willingness and excitement to learn, ability to sell, and ability to be nice.”

Another piece of advice comes from Cuban’s own success: “I’ve always tried to teach entrepreneurs that raising money is not an accomplishment, it’s an obligation.”

Cuban said that particularly in this market, it’s important for companies to gear themselves to profitability and not just focus on funding.

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Why It’s Important: The advice from Cuban comes from a man who continues to lead companies, invest in companies and also regularly share advice with the younger generation.

Along with listening to Cuban on podcasts and in interview appearances, young business leaders can often get advice and tips from Cuban from his Twitter account, where he regularly shares his hot takes and advice with his 8.8 million followers.

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