But we are talking about someone who made their own fortune, inheriting it

Apr 19, 2024
10:12:25am

Acorn All-American

is completely different. Agree with that, but idiots and bums tend to lose fortunes very often and wealth seldom carries forward for many generations.

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Re: Mark Cuban - I probably don't give him enough credit, but my feeds are full

OPINIONS

Apr 19, 9:36am

I thought he sold a company prior to Broadcast for millions.

Acorn

Apr 19, 9:39am

Like I said - I probably don't give him enough credit.

OPINIONS

Apr 19, 9:42am

There's not giving enough credit, and then just wrong statements.

Acorn

Apr 19, 9:44am

So he had 2M going into his deal that netted him $300M plus.

OPINIONS

Apr 19, 9:51am

LOL. $2 million, net of taxes is a whole lot more than zero.

Acorn

Apr 19, 9:57am

I don't care in the slightest about his politics. Has nothing to do...

OPINIONS

Apr 19, 10:05am

All rich people just got lucky with timing, thats how it works 😉

BYUFootballisBack

Apr 19, 9:44am

His recent comments on X have outed him as wholly naive and foolish on a lot.

P-Widdy

Apr 19, 9:45am

I'm pretty much the same. His posts on X about supporting DEI, student loan

BYUfan92

Apr 19, 9:47am

I thought at one point I had read that he was was a workaholic maniac.

Acorn

Apr 19, 9:54am

I'd heard/read the same - that he was a workaholic. Lots of work, combined with

BYUfan92

Apr 19, 9:59am

I would say "most" rich people aren't super geniuses, they are just regular

BYUFootballisBack

Apr 19, 10:01am

Agreed. It’s a reason why celeb endorsements make me roll my eyes - they’re

BYUfan92

Apr 19, 10:36am

From the OP. "It's probably just jealousy." Nailed it.

Acorn

Apr 19, 10:03am

I think the key phrase is “make a fortune” vs “have a fortune”.

cougfanz

Apr 19, 10:09am

But we are talking about someone who made their own fortune, inheriting it

Acorn

Apr 19, 10:12am

True.. I guess I don’t buy into the fact that someone like Ryan Smith risked

cougfanz

Apr 19, 10:18am

I am not familiar with the risks nor the sacrifices that Ryan Smith

Acorn

Apr 19, 10:29am

Bio on Larry Miller amazed me - both his memory and drive

BYUfan92

Apr 19, 10:33am

And his sacrifice. Which is what most (I’d argue correctly) aren’t willing to do

DiamondMo

Apr 19, 10:50am

I would say a lot of "rich" people are for the most part just like everyone else

BYUFootballisBack

Apr 19, 10:00am

Most rich people take pretty big risks. Others take lots of risk and miss.

Acorn

Apr 19, 10:06am

Yep people just get disillusioned with them when they realize they aren't

BYUFootballisBack

Apr 19, 10:13am

To me it’s the career path they choose. Did Ryan Smith take a huge risk

cougfanz

Apr 19, 10:14am

I wouldn't have dropped out of college. Wasn't in my risk profile.

Acorn

Apr 19, 10:40am

To clarify I don’t think his success is all luck. He’s obviously successful

cougfanz

Apr 19, 10:48am

Run Smith isn't exactly self made either

novacoug1

Apr 19, 9:50am

Cuban is a phony to the highest degree.

Adwight

Apr 19, 9:54am

I think it’s mostly a self perpetuating cycle.. especially for the ones with a

cougfanz

Apr 19, 9:58am

Ryan has some similarities....his money comes from..

WJCougar

Apr 19, 10:09am

Your statement and others’ statements about Ryan Smith on here are laughable.

homegrown

Apr 19, 10:10am

Mark has become insufferable, he has bought into woke ideology and DEI

Gente_Boa

Apr 19, 10:18am

He’s a pretty dumb guy

YIsForBrigham

Apr 19, 11:24am

Part of being good in the business world is having a feel for when it’s time to cash out. I applaud Cuban for having

specsauce

Apr 19, 11:25am

Every billionaire is lucky. Nobody makes that kind of money without it.

maYbe

Apr 19, 12:43pm

A lot of those people that set themselves up as "experts" are just lucky with

Mitty

Apr 22, 10:57am

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