Mark Cuban Says The ‘Path’ To Getting Rich Starts With 2 Things — Have Your Own Business And Know How To Sell, Then You Can Become A Millionaire
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Mark Cuban has heard every version of the same question over the years. How do you get rich? How do you build a billion-dollar company? What’s the shortcut? On most podcasts, the answers come packaged as business advice. On Bobbi Althoff‘s show, they arrive somewhere between awkward silence and dry humor.
That contrast is part of what made a 2023 episode of “The Really Good Podcast” stand out. Althoff, known for her signature deadpan delivery and intentionally uncomfortable interview style, steered the conversation from Cuban’s early days sleeping on floors with roommates into a blunt question about her own future.
“Do you think I could be a billionaire one day?” she asked.
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Cuban told her yes — with a reality check attached.
“If you want to be,” he said. “But being a billionaire takes luck. I mean you could be rich. I mean you can be well off if you bust your a**. And that’s not to say a lot of people bust their a** and don’t make it, but there’s like a path.”
Cuban’s answer drew a line he has talked about for years. Billionaire status often comes down to timing, scale, and luck. Getting rich, he said, is more repeatable.
Cuban fans know his own fortune was built during the dot-com boom, when he sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo for $5.7 billion — a deal he’s often credited with closing at the perfect time, just before the bubble burst.
“There’s like a path if you have your own business and you know how to sell,” Cuban told her. He added that building sales skills and growing a business creates the foundation for wealth long before anyone starts thinking about billions.
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“If you get good at selling and you can build your business then you can start as a millionaire,” he said. “And then if you get lucky then you never know where it takes you from there.”
The exchange fit neatly into Althoff’s style. When Cuban pointed out she had not been strong at selling yet, she replied with a flat “thank you,” keeping the tone somewhere between joke and business lesson. Cuban responded the same way he often does with founders and entrepreneurs — monetize the opportunity.
