"To retire by the age of 35 was my goal. I wasn't sure how I was going to get there though. I knew I would end up owning my own business someday, so I figured my challenge was to learn as much as anyone about all businesses. I believed that every job I took was really me getting paid to learn about a new industry. I spent as much time as I could, learning and reading everything about business I could get my hands on. I used to go into the library for hours and hours reading business books and magazines."

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Source: Mark Cuban: America’s Coolest Billionaire. Interview with Daniel Jimenez, finance.youngmoney.com. 2008.

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Mark Cuban is a billionaire entrepreneur and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, known for his impactful insights on business and investment.

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