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Re: TC50 interview with Mark Cuban

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Post by dustineichler » Wed, Sep 10, 2008, 5:15 PM UTC

thorax wrote: post #8

dustineichler wrote: post #4

Today seeing Mark Cuban speak completely changed my opinion of him. I also assumed wrongly he'd be an ass, but damnit he's now my hero. Really insightful and hysterical funny. His advice was spot on and I loved the honesty. Highlight from today's tc50 "Maybe I’m missing something, but that just sounded like the biggest bunch of bullshit I’ve ever heard in my life." Reference below to Imindi. ( http://www.techcrunch.c…

That particular comment made me walk away thinking he was rather jerkish. I didn't know who he was at the time of tuning in live, but there's about 10 different ways to say that without making the poor startup guy feel like a humiliated loser. He has a dream-- maybe Mark will bring him back down to reality, but I personally think the same sort of response could have been said about Wikipedia, Knol, About.com, Mahalo,…

All I'm going to say is, if you can't handle the truth, you're in the wrong business. Now,they'll probably go back having gotten an honest response and make it better.

Re: TC50 interview with Mark Cuban

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Post by ojbyrne » Wed, Sep 10, 2008, 6:48 PM UTC

fallentimes wrote: post #29

ojbyrne wrote: post #16

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You're right, though I'm sure the story has grown in the telling. The point is that there's lots of other people who do that and aren't billionaires. Its necessary but not sufficient. However I should have been better in giving him respect because he'd probably agree with me about luck. I just react badly to anything that includes "Kevin Rose" in the same class with a billionaire.

I've known the story for 6 years; it hasn't changed at all. Cuban is much better known in the sports scene than in the tech scene. When do you get to tell us what Rose did or am I just ignorant?

I tend to be cagey about it, because a. I still own some stock, b. I'm still subject to a legal agreement and c. I'm too busy to actually figure out in detail how b affects what I can and can't say.

Re: TC50 interview with Mark Cuban

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Post by fallentimes » Wed, Sep 10, 2008, 10:21 PM UTC

ojbyrne wrote: post #32

fallentimes wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've known the story for 6 years; it hasn't changed at all. Cuban is much better known in the sports scene than in the tech scene. When do you get to tell us what Rose did or am I just ignorant?

I tend to be cagey about it, because a. I still own some stock, b. I'm still subject to a legal agreement and c. I'm too busy to actually figure out in detail how b affects what I can and can't say.

Hopefully they get bought soon so you can write your tell all book. :p

..kidding...about the later - not the former.

Re: TC50 interview with Mark Cuban

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Post by ojbyrne » Thu, Sep 11, 2008, 2:55 AM UTC

trickjarrett wrote: post #27

ojbyrne wrote: post #14

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Its also "Broadcast" not "Broadband" right? Broadcast.com. The transcript seems riddled with typos, though I didn't watch the video to know if they are actually what was said. "There was a different crede"?

The transcript was typed from them talking, not from watching the recording. They wanted it live as quick as possible and damn the editors!

Except its 2 days later and still lots of typos. Though they seemed to have gone through and changed JS (which is what they had for Jason Calacanis's initials) to JC. Probably because he whined.