2003
Mark Cuban invested $300,000 for 15% of Weblogs Inc., according to Calacanis.
“Mark Cuban had given me $300,000 for 15% of Weblogs Inc.”
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7 facts from 5 episodes, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
2003
Mark Cuban invested $300,000 for 15% of Weblogs Inc., according to Calacanis.
“Mark Cuban had given me $300,000 for 15% of Weblogs Inc.”
2005
Mark Cuban became involved with Box between Levie's sophomore and junior years of college, when Box was about four months old.
“between our sophomore and junior year of college. Box had been around for about four months or so.”
2005
Levie says Mark Cuban advised Box not to hedge its bets between competing business and technical approaches.
“he basically said, you know, as a startup, just don't hedge your bets.”
2005
Cuban's investment led Levie and his co-founder to drop out of college and work on Box full time.
“That led to actually us dropping out of college and betting on the company full time and pursuing it full time.”
Undated
Voss says he interviewed Mark Cuban, who agreed that hearing out a counterpart on the first deal speeds up later deals.
“I did an interview with Mark Cuban six or seven months ago, and I talked about listening.”
Undated
Jason Calacanis says Mark Cuban invested $300,000 for five percent of Weblogs Inc.
“mark cuban was our big investor uh and by big investor he put 300k in for five percent”
Undated
Chris Voss described Fireside as a new subscription platform that works like an interactive podcast with weekly group coaching, founded by Fallon Fathomy and Mark Cuban.
“a brand new social media platform. Um, it's essentially an interactive podcast, it's a subscription service founded by Fallon Fathomy and Mark Cuban.”
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