MicroSolutions
company on 5 shows · 5 statements across 3 episodes · said 15 times in 5 episodes since 2016
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Hoffman: Cuban sold MicroSolutions in 1990, netting $2 million
“Microsolutions was a success, reaching revenue of thirty million dollars. In 1990, Mark sold it to CompuServe, netting two million dollars.”
Cuban bought a lifetime American Airlines pass after selling his first company
“When I sold my first company, Micro Solutions, I bought a lifetime pass on American Airlines, and literally just traveled and partied like a rock star, and I lived like a student.”
Doubling a Philips contract to $60K/month created Microsolutions' inflection point
“And so I was going to price it at 30,000 dollars a month, I think it was, and instead I priced it at 60,000 dollars a month, and they said yes, and that was the inflection point for that company.”
Cuban: MicroSolutions Sold to CompuServe for $6M, Netting Him $2M
“Sold it for six million dollars, gave a chunk of it to my employees, ended up with two million and Martin ended up with two million, and boom.”