#422 – Mark Cuban: Shark Tank, DEI & Wokeism Debate, Elon Musk, Politics & Drugs

Mark Cuban is a businessman, investor, star of TV series Shark Tank, long-time principal owner of Dallas Mavericks, and founder of Cost Plus Drugs. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(11:10) – Entrepreneurship

(26:03) – Shark Tank

(36:29) – How Mark made first billion

(1:02:39) – Dallas Mavericks

(1:08:05) – DEI debate

(1:43:58) – Trump vs Biden

(1:46:20) – Immigration

(1:55:53) – Drugs and Big Pharma

(2:11:53) – AI

(2:16:05) – Advice for young people