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ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Cuban: More people died during riots under Trump than under Biden
“We had more people die during riots during his term than Biden by a long shot”
Mark Cuban Oct 3, 2024 ▶ 19:58 Mark Cuban: Love/Hate Relationship with Trump, Why He's Backing Kamala Harris
a16z Assertion Supported
Cuban: PBMs exclude $700 biosimilar Usimri to protect drug margin revenues
“Humira is about 8000 dollars a month. Six to 8000 dollars a month. USIMRI is about 700 dollars a month. But they won't add USIMRI to their formularies because they don't want to use the revenue in the margin.”
Mark Cuban Mar 5, 2024 ▶ 10:33 Sharks Never Stop Swimming: A Conversation with Mark Cuban
a16z Assertion Supported
Cuban: Big three PBMs pay independent pharmacies $0.50 for $12 scripts
“If you're dealing with one of those big three PBMs, it cost an independent pharmacy probably 12 dollars, give or take, on the location to fill a script. They're paying them 50 cents”
Mark Cuban Mar 5, 2024 ▶ 16:07 Sharks Never Stop Swimming: A Conversation with Mark Cuban
20VC Prediction Held up
Cuban refuses to invest in venture-backed companies that buy market share
“The type of investments I won't do or don't do is ones where companies buy sales. So this is going to be a company that has to raise five hundred million to do one hundred million in sales because they want to own market share. And then they can get an exit be…”
Mark Cuban May 4, 2020 ▶ 15:29 20VC: Mark Cuban on His Relationship To Wealth and Risk, Why Coming Out of The Pandemic Will Be The Best Time In The History of Mankind To Start A Business & Why Silicon Valley Investors Are Like Old Hollywood
HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Supported
FDA $365,000 application fees are the primary barrier to domestic generics
“Our biggest inhibitor and why we haven't done it yet is all the fees that the FDA charges. So it's about 365,000 dollars to set up what's called an end on new drug application.”
Mark Cuban Jan 29, 2026 ▶ 3:08 Advice Line with Serial Entrepreneur Mark Cuban
a16z Assertion Supported
Mark Cuban claims a major health insurer did $161B in intercompany transfers
“One of the biggest insurance companies had a 161 billion dollars of intercompany transfers.”
Mark Cuban Sep 9, 2025 ▶ 26:13 Mark Cuban on the NBA, Cost Plus Drugs, and How to Fix Politics
20VC Prediction Held up
Cuban says he will never invest for a 1% or 2% stake
“You'll never see me invest to get one or two percent, because the company can't get big enough for me to get a material enough return to have it impact my net worth, just to be brutally honest.”
Mark Cuban May 4, 2020 ▶ 14:30 20VC: Mark Cuban on His Relationship To Wealth and Risk, Why Coming Out of The Pandemic Will Be The Best Time In The History of Mankind To Start A Business & Why Silicon Valley Investors Are Like Old Hollywood
a16z Assertion Supported
Mark Cuban says half of high-deductible plan buyers cannot afford the deductible
“The people who are making the determination that they're using the higher deductible plan, half of them don't have enough money for the deductible, right?”
Mark Cuban Sep 9, 2025 ▶ 23:34 Mark Cuban on the NBA, Cost Plus Drugs, and How to Fix Politics
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Cuban: Trump chose weapon sales to Saudi Arabia over ending Yemen war
“And we had the opportunity to stop selling weapons, but He looked, the best I could tell, he looked at it as a sales opportunity to sell to MBS all these weapons, and he thought that was a positive. So, a lot of people died, and we're still in there today, so …”
Mark Cuban Oct 3, 2024 ▶ 23:06 Mark Cuban: Love/Hate Relationship with Trump, Why He's Backing Kamala Harris
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Mark Cuban: Kamala Harris's immigration mandate was focused on Central America
“If you look at what her specific responsibility was, I alluded to it earlier, her job was to go to Central America and talk to the heads of the countries there and try to reduce the reasons why people were leaving their countries to go to the United States.”
Mark Cuban Oct 3, 2024 ▶ 57:24 Mark Cuban: Love/Hate Relationship with Trump, Why He's Backing Kamala Harris
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Cuban: Tech leaders like Google and Meta are borrowing billions
“What's happening now is the market leaders, Google, et cetera, Meta, they're borrowing hundreds of millions, billions of dollars.”
Mark Cuban Jul 21, 2026 ▶ 2:14 Mark Cuban on the AI Bubble: Who Actually Gets Wiped Out?
HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Supported
Mark Cuban reveals Shark Tank portfolio company Beatbox Beverages sold to Anheuser-Busch
“One of my companies Beatbox Beverages, that just got sold to Anheuser-Busch, a Shark Tank company”
Mark Cuban Jan 29, 2026 ▶ 49:27 Advice Line with Serial Entrepreneur Mark Cuban
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Cuban: Kamala Harris has specified a 28% capital gains tax rate
“She's been very specific that cap gains goes to 28%”
Mark Cuban Oct 3, 2024 ▶ 40:36 Mark Cuban: Love/Hate Relationship with Trump, Why He's Backing Kamala Harris
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Cuban: Obama deported over 3M people, more than Trump or Biden
“Obama was the deporter-in-chief. He deported more people than Trump or Biden, over three million people, but he had a specific process in place that everybody could understand.”
Mark Cuban Oct 3, 2024 ▶ 51:45 Mark Cuban: Love/Hate Relationship with Trump, Why He's Backing Kamala Harris
a16z Assertion Supported
Cuban: Three PBMs control 80% to 90% of the drug market
“And there are three of them that dominate the industry with 80, 90% market share.”
Mark Cuban Mar 5, 2024 ▶ 9:59 Sharks Never Stop Swimming: A Conversation with Mark Cuban
20VC Assertion Supported
Cuban: Administrative expenses represent 21% of US healthcare costs
“Effectively about 21% of all health care costs in the United States are for administration”
Mark Cuban Feb 8, 2022 ▶ 20:37 Cost Plus Drugs: EXPLAINED | Mark Cuban Full Interview · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Assertion Supported
Cuban lost money on the Mavericks by prioritizing winning over profitability
“Then I bought the Mavericks and we were losing money because I cared more about winning than making money.”
Mark Cuban May 4, 2020 ▶ 5:40 20VC: Mark Cuban on His Relationship To Wealth and Risk, Why Coming Out of The Pandemic Will Be The Best Time In The History of Mankind To Start A Business & Why Silicon Valley Investors Are Like Old Hollywood
HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Supported
Cuban: Early $30,000 AudioNet stakes grew to $22 million at sale
“And so we sold, you know, one percent chunks for 30,000 dollars to our friends. When we sold the company, those 30,000 dollar chunks were worth twenty two million dollars.”
Mark Cuban Dec 5, 2016 ▶ 20:22 Serial Entrepreneur: Mark Cuban
HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Supported
Cuban: Yahoo Acquired Broadcast.com for $5.7 Billion in Stock
“5.7 billion in stock.”
Mark Cuban Dec 5, 2016 ▶ 20:36 Serial Entrepreneur: Mark Cuban
a16z Assertion Supported
Cuban: Cost Plus Drugs carries roughly 2,450 medications
“We've got about 2450 right now, and that number's growing every day.”
Mark Cuban Mar 5, 2024 ▶ 1:45 Sharks Never Stop Swimming: A Conversation with Mark Cuban
a16z Assertion Supported
Cuban: Cost Plus Drugs caps markup at 15% plus $10 fee
“You'll see that our markup is 15%. You'll see that if you buy a mail order from us, you'll pay 10 dollars for shipping and a pharmacy fee.”
Mark Cuban Mar 5, 2024 ▶ 1:53 Sharks Never Stop Swimming: A Conversation with Mark Cuban
a16z Assertion Supported
Cuban: Shark Tank judges receive zero prior information about pitch contestants
“We don't know who they are when they walk, we know nothing about them, we don't know who gets picked for the show. When they walk onto the carpet in front of us, they just tell us their name, and that's all we know.”
Mark Cuban Mar 5, 2024 ▶ 23:12 Sharks Never Stop Swimming: A Conversation with Mark Cuban
HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Supported
Cuban: Cost Plus Drugs is the first company bearing my name
“I've never put my name on a company until now.”
Mark Cuban Jun 16, 2022 ▶ 20:23 HIBT Lab! Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company: Mark Cuban
20VC Assertion Supported
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.”
Mark Cuban May 4, 2020 ▶ 5:09 20VC: Mark Cuban on His Relationship To Wealth and Risk, Why Coming Out of The Pandemic Will Be The Best Time In The History of Mankind To Start A Business & Why Silicon Valley Investors Are Like Old Hollywood
HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Supported
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.”
Mark Cuban Dec 5, 2016 ▶ 12:25 Serial Entrepreneur: Mark Cuban
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Trump sent Cuban a 'you suck' letter after TV show canceled
“And then when I got canceled, he sent me that letter basically saying, you suck.”
Mark Cuban Oct 3, 2024 ▶ 9:54 Mark Cuban: Love/Hate Relationship with Trump, Why He's Backing Kamala Harris
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