Mark Cuban: Losing Luka, Fighting Big Pharma & Partying Like a Rock Star
· 1 h 12 min · S1 E10
Episode Mark Cuban: Losing Luka, Fighting Big Pharma & Partying Like a Rock Star
Who really decides what you pay for your prescriptions? Mark Cuban says it’s three middlemen controlling 85% of the market, so he built Cost Plus Drugs to take them on.
The Shark Tank investor talks with KIND founder Daniel Lubetzky about the Luka Dončić trade and feeling like he let Mavs fans down, the $82,000 embezzlement that wiped out his company’s bank account, and why he partied like a rock star after his first exit.
Plus: the MBA classes he snuck into at 18, getting put through a table by WWE’s Sheamus, and why he doesn’t want to be president.
00:00 Intro: 3 Middlemen, 85% of Your Meds
00:57 Meet Mark Cuban: Garbage Bags, Curiosity & Checking Your Hole Card
10:14 The Power of Broke: Getting Fired, Starting MicroSolutions & Why AI Is the New PC
16:26 Letting Go: Selling the Mavs & Watching Luka Get Traded
19:20 Running Lean: Shark Tank, Cost Plus & the 3 Middlemen Who Control 85%
27:37 Citizens vs. Special Interests & Would Mark Run for President?
36:59 Social Media Warfare: Why Algorithms Control Voters
41:07 Claimable, Learning With AI & Why He Only Punches Up
47:11 Shark Tank Behind the Scenes & Sneaking Into MBA Classes at 18
54:40 The Mexican Inquisition: First Million vs. First Billion & the $82,000 Embezzlement
1:01:37 Build or Break: NBA Fines, Flopping & WWE Tables
1:08:03 Hedging, Retiring at 35 & Partying Like a Rock Star
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Music: Amos Cochran https://www.editscoremusic.com/
Production: Straybird Studios https://www.straybird.studio/
Post Production: Jennell Lewis & Scott Convery
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Build or Break Team:
Executive Producer & Host: Daniel Lubetzky
Executive Producer: Kristin Schneider
Head of Programming & Production: Joel Rubin
Marketing & Communications: Sarah Black
Associate Producer & Social Media: Taylor Larned
Booking & Scheduling: Kayla Rose
Network Relations: Julianna Cohen
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Transcript
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