Mark Cuban

While I covered my mistakes by throwing time and effort at the problem, Martin was so detail-oriented, he had to make sure things were perfect

remember sitting in that little office till 10 p.m. and still being so pumped up,

Everything I read was public. Anyone could buy the same books and magazines. The same information was available to anyone who wanted it. Turns out most people didn’t want it.

MicroSolutions it gave me a huge advantage. A guy with minimal computer background could compete with far more experienced guys just because he put in the time to learn all he could.

Lesson #1: Always ask yourself how someone could preempt your products or service. How can they put you out of business? Is it price? Is it service? Is it ease of use? No product is perfect and if there are good competitors in your market, they will figure out how to abuse you. It’s always better if you are honest with yourself and anticipate where the problems will co me from.

Watching the best taught me how to run my businesses. Along the way I taught myself a few things.

That’s what success is all about. It’s about the edge

The edge is knowing that you can fail and learn from it, and just get back up and in the game.
The edge is knowing that people think you’re crazy, and they are right, but you don’t care what they think.

The edge is recognizing when you are wrong and working harder to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

The edge is being able to drill down