Mark Cuban gave me a reality check that helped me keep my business going He liked what my team and I were building with "What's Trending" and appreciated the entrepreneurial spirit behind it.

When billionaire entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban started his first business, he decided to go all in. So all-in that he didn't take any time off for nearly a decade, he says. "I didn't take a ...

Cuban considered his product cost-effective, but "it did not sell," he added. Shortly after that, he launched MicroSolutions and, at age 32, sold that business to CompuServe for $6 million in 1990.

Mark Cuban: At 24, ‘I didn't take a vacation for the next 7 years'—until I sold my business for $6 million By Nicolas Vega, CNBC • Published June 13, 2025 • Updated on June 13, 2025 at 9:39 am ...