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Mark Cuban details early career focus on time control

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Mark Cuban, now worth an estimated $10.6 billion, reflected on his early career and the pursuit of control over his time. Upon selling his first company, MicroSolutions, for $2 million in 1990, Cuban famously stopped wearing a watch to symbolize his newfound independence from working on "somebody else's time." While he now wears an Apple Watch for data, his core philosophy of controlling his own destiny and time remains central to his business approach. This drive for autonomy fueled his success, leading to ventures like Broadcast.com and the acquisition of the Dallas Mavericks, and now informs his work with Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs. AI

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Sydney Lake ·

    Mark Cuban took off his watch the day he became a millionaire: ‘I wanted to be able to control my own time’

    The now-billionaire said his first big payday wasn’t about luxury. It was about getting control of his own time.

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