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Cuban: Mandating open drug distribution solves pricing problems better than regulation
“And when you hear all this talk about regulating prices of drugs by different politicians, they're not solving the problem.
They're creating different problems.
The reality is that the solution is, is trying to make sure that all these manufacturers sell not j…”
Founders should ignore venture capitalists pushing top-line sales to avoid dilution
“What I'm going to tell you is to ignore your VC no matter what they say. If they tell you to chase sales, ignore them, because they'll be right in saying this is the only way to get huge, but you don't want to be in the position where you lose control of your …”
Mark Cuban says prioritizing sales over margins is the biggest startup mistake
“The biggest mistake startups make is chasing sales over margin dollars and profits.”
Mark Cuban warns major retail shelf space does not guarantee product sell-through
“So many companies have, you know, people just get all excited thinking, okay, this is validation. If I get into Target, if I get into Walmart, if I get into Whole Foods, That's validation that this is great, and they presume that being on their shelves is goin…”
Cuban: Kids care more about brand perception than actual skincare efficacy
“Kids typically aren't going to have the credit cards and they care more about the brand and what it looks like and how they're perceived than even the actual skincare, right?”
Mark Cuban warns overseas factories secretly add markups to every sourced material
“Because I guarantee you there's markup, they're adding markups to every step of the way.”
Cuban: Smart contracts are Web3's equivalent to HTML and JavaScript
“Smart contracts really are just a programming language that are probably the equivalent of HTML or JavaScript for creating a website. Only these run on a decentralized distributed basis on top of a blockchain.”
Cuban: Becoming a billionaire requires luck in addition to execution
“To be a billionaire, you got to get lucky, right? I started my company, you know, at a time when the stock market was going nuts, and that, that was my luck, and I was smart enough to do it, smart enough to run it, smart enough to execute on it, smart enough t…”