1 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:10,039 Speaker 1: As it turned out, I had gone out night before 2 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 1: with my buddies and I was just so hungover. So 3 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: I just went for it and just decided I was 4 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:17,239 Speaker 1: going to be aggressive, and they invited me back for 5 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: season three to be a full time sharkout. 6 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 2: Welcome to episode five twenty two. We will talk to 7 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 2: Mark Cuban, which is super cool. The guy is a 8 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 2: multi billionaire and did not come from money at all. 9 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 2: He's a self made billionaire. Parents didn't come from money. 10 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 2: Big guy when it comes to sports like it, was 11 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 2: the Mavericks owner for a long time. He just sold 12 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 2: a majority stake. Still in some of it, but he 13 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:42,480 Speaker 2: just sold a majority steak. I was on Shark Tank, 14 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:44,840 Speaker 2: I say, was, I guess this episode is still going 15 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 2: but he's off the show now, right? 16 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 3: Yeah? 17 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, So it was on Shark Tank forever. I just 18 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 2: assumed he was there from season one because I didn't 19 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 2: start watching Shark Tank at season one, and I really 20 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 2: only know it from Mark Cuban being on it. He 21 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 2: wasn't always on it. I thought that was kind of weird. 22 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 2: It'skind of got good though, when he was on. He's 23 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:04,319 Speaker 2: the most famous shark, right. 24 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, he's the best one. 25 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 2: He is the best. Yeah, uh so Mark Cuban. And 26 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 2: then we will talk after Mark Cuban about the biggest 27 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 2: wins in Shark Tank history, the products that came on 28 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 2: and actually crust hundreds of million dollars. We've got a 29 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:20,679 Speaker 2: billion dollar product. We'll do that right after Mark Cuban. 30 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:22,759 Speaker 2: But thanks for being here for the Bobbycast. And here's 31 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:27,040 Speaker 2: my conversation with Mark Cuban. Hey, Mark, thanks for your time. Man, 32 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 2: hope you having a good day. How's it going? 33 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 1: Another day in paradise by guy. I'm just you know, 34 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: getting up and rolling. 35 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 2: I was talking to one of my guys here in 36 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 2: the studio and I was like, I could probably do 37 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:40,040 Speaker 2: two hours with Mark Cuban, mostly because I'm very interested 38 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 2: in different parts of your life. Massive sports fan. I 39 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,680 Speaker 2: think what you're doing with prescription medicine and and so 40 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 2: there are all these areas Shark Tank. We're going to 41 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 2: get to all of them. But if someone were just 42 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 2: to come up to you today and be like, hey man, 43 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 2: what do you want to talk about? Like what even 44 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 2: do you want to talk about as a parton what's 45 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 2: your favorite thing to talk about right now? 46 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: Well? Right now, I mean considering how We got connected 47 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: on this probably by guy Kevin Mack and the song 48 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 1: we wrote together, which is what people have no clue about, 49 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: and it came about via Shark Tank, which is the 50 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 1: craziest part. 51 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 2: So when you write the song, do you guys sit 52 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 2: in a room and kind of hash it out? How'd 53 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 2: the songwriting come together? 54 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 1: He came up shark Tank with a company called Tickpit. 55 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: We did a deal and I was in Nashville and 56 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: we were just, you know, just talking and talking and 57 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 1: talking about random stuff and I'm like, Okay, you're gonna 58 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 1: laugh at this, but I got this idea for a 59 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: country song that me and my friends have always talked about. 60 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: And he's like, okay, hey, I'm always looking for ideas. 61 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 1: Tell me. And so me and my buddy we'd go 62 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: out to bars and when you know, when we were 63 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: in our twenties and in early thirties, and it would 64 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: be like someone would come up to us and be like, 65 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 1: aren't you that one girl from that one night from 66 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: that one bar? You know, just start All guys have 67 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 1: these stupid things that they say. And he was like, 68 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: that's a cool idea for the start around the song, 69 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: and so we just started working from there and talking, 70 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: and then we finished it up going back and forth 71 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: via email believe it or not, and then we get 72 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: on the phone and then we got together again for 73 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: start Tank and finished it up. 74 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 2: And how'd you feel about it the first time you 75 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 2: heard it? 76 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: I loved it because you know, we went back and 77 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 1: forth a couple times for modifications, but it was like, 78 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:22,959 Speaker 1: you know, you know, how guys get together and they're 79 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,679 Speaker 1: drinking and they're saying we should do this, and how 80 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 1: cool would it be if we did that? And just 81 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: to hear it all put together was amazing. 82 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 2: Let's talk about the guitar pick for a second, because 83 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 2: it's a pretty brilliant idea. I play a little bit 84 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 2: as in I do like comedy music. But yeah, yeah, 85 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 2: I lose picks. Everybody loses picks all the time. Yeah, 86 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 2: it's if you play guitar, it's like you need it. 87 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 2: It's almost like a major league baseball team. You need 88 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 2: to have a ton of baseballs to have Again, you 89 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 2: need a ton of picks to have a show. So 90 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 2: the idea he comes in just kind of give me 91 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 2: the idea from the start. 92 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 1: So it's a thing called Tickpit t I Kapik and 93 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: It allows you to take your pick and just put 94 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 1: it to the bass of the guitar, right, so you're playing, 95 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: you're doing whatever, and you don't need to pick, and 96 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: you just pop it on the bass of the guitar 97 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: and it's dicks, you know, and it's there when you 98 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: need it and if you accidentally drop when you have 99 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: two three four lined up and you know, I'm a 100 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: three three court guitar player. You know, C, D and 101 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 1: D and that's it. And so you know, it was 102 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:21,599 Speaker 1: just like, you know, okay, this is fun. You know, 103 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 1: it's just easy to grab and it's always right there, 104 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: and they're not expensive and you don't lose them. 105 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 2: You know what's interesting. It's one of those ideas where 106 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 2: you're like, how did someone not already invent this? Right? 107 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 2: And secondly, it reminds me of like a ball marker 108 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 2: when you play golf, and now they have it. It 109 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 2: magnetizes to like that thing you were on your hat. 110 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:40,840 Speaker 2: It's the same kind of feeling where it's like, how 111 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 2: is this already not invented? But I think that's part 112 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,039 Speaker 2: of why it's so brilliant. Did you think the same 113 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 2: thing when you heard the idea where you're like, how 114 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 2: did this not already exist? 115 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, cause it's kind of like, you know, it's shark tech. 116 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 1: When someone comes in and my first thought is why 117 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: didn't I think of that? Then I know it's a 118 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: good deal, right, And so I didn't expect this to 119 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:01,359 Speaker 1: be like one hundred million dollar business, but it just 120 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 1: made perfect sense. And Kevin, who is just like a 121 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: good guy. You know, you want to deal with an 122 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 1: entrepreneur that's got a good heart, that cares about you know, 123 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:13,599 Speaker 1: people and customers. And then when you have a great 124 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 1: product and you pull those pieces together, it was really 125 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:19,280 Speaker 1: easy to do the deal. And they've just been blown up, 126 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:23,040 Speaker 1: you know. They they're in guitar centers that we're doing 127 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,280 Speaker 1: deals with all these brands, I mean, and Kevin's a 128 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: good sale grip man. He's out there hustling, you know, 129 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:31,359 Speaker 1: playner song. It's it's a lot of fun. This is 130 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 1: one of those businesses where fun meets business and that's 131 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 1: when the magic happened. 132 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 2: And this is it for you on Shark Tank right 133 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 2: final season that's airing now. 134 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, and actually it just finished and so I'm done. 135 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 1: They're actually shooting for season seventeen right now. It's kind 136 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 1: of weird that I'm not there, but yeah, it was 137 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 1: time to move on. 138 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 2: Was it an emotional final not even on camera, but 139 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 2: like when you leave the last time or was it 140 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 2: like I'm just kind of ready to get out of here. 141 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: No, it was emotional because, you know, shooting the show 142 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 1: was fun and it's easy, and the deals are cool, 143 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,039 Speaker 1: and you know, I did the show because it sends 144 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:08,280 Speaker 1: the message to America, particularly in these times, that the 145 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: American dream is still alive and well. But the relationships 146 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 1: are really built with the crew, the staff, you know, 147 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,840 Speaker 1: everybody behind the scenes, the other Sharks. I mean, we've 148 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 1: been doing this together for fifteen years. You know, you 149 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 1: work with somebody for fifteen years, you're going to develop 150 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: relationships and that was the hard part. 151 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:31,919 Speaker 2: You also sold a large stake of the MAVs, so 152 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 2: it's like Mark Cuban is leaving this. But I feel 153 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 2: like you've never been more present, at least like on 154 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 2: all my feeds right Like, I'm seeing you more. But 155 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 2: everyone's like he's doing less. So what are you doing less? 156 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:44,919 Speaker 2: Or have you just moved? And are you doing different places? 157 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,159 Speaker 1: Yeah? Different places, I'm doing you know less on some 158 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:49,919 Speaker 1: of the things I did for a long time, so 159 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 1: I can go on and do more of the things 160 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: that I think are going to be important. You know, 161 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:56,719 Speaker 1: for the longest time, it was just like, Okay, you 162 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: know the MAVs, what a unique experience, what fun I'm 163 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 1: about basketball junkie, you know, I love the game. I 164 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 1: still play all those things. But it was twenty three 165 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: years and then Shark Tank fifteen years, and it's like, 166 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: is this what I wanted to do the rest of 167 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: my life? And it's not that I didn't love either 168 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: one of them, but my kids, you know, were fifteen, eighteen, 169 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 1: and twenty one, and you know, you know, my middle 170 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: daughters graduating from high school, my oldest daughter is getting 171 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 1: ready to be a senior in college, my son is 172 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 1: going to be a sophomore in high school, and you know, 173 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: shooting Shark Tank and traveling with the Masks, I felt 174 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: like I was missing things and I didn't want to 175 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 1: miss anymore. And then, you know, we had also started 176 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 1: costplus Drugs dot Com and that was having such a 177 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 1: huge impact on people, you know, saving lives, saving people 178 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 1: tons of money on their medications, and you know, it 179 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 1: was just one of those things that I felt like 180 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 1: if I was going to create a mission for myself 181 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 1: right now? Was it going to be? Okay, what was 182 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: I going to put first a great season on Shark Tank, 183 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 1: winning another championship, or changing healthcare for the better? Because 184 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: no one looks at healthcare in this country and says 185 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 1: the economic side anyways is great? Right, Well, you know, 186 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 1: it's just perfect in the United States, and you know, 187 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 1: we've really had an impact, and I think I can 188 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: have a whole lot more impact. 189 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 2: Cost plus drugs is super interesting to me, and I've 190 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 2: been following you in this journey. I grew up pretty 191 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 2: much in poverty, and I talk about it people having 192 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 2: to choose between medicine and food a lot of times 193 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 2: because all the time, and you don't know about it 194 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 2: because those people's stories. It's not like that's on the news. 195 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 2: That's not a sensational headline that you hear, but it's 196 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 2: happening all over America all the time. So when I 197 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:39,560 Speaker 2: heard what you guys' goal was, I started following because again, 198 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 2: that was a big part of my life. We didn't 199 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 2: even go to the doctor because we knew if you 200 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 2: went to if you went to the doctor, that was 201 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,839 Speaker 2: going to cost money. So let's just not even find 202 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 2: out if you're sick or not, because then we may 203 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 2: not be able to eat or pay rent or whatever. 204 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 2: It was. 205 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:54,439 Speaker 1: So trust me, I know exactly feeling. 206 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 2: So then, what's the genesis of cost plus drugs and 207 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 2: when did it become a reality you could actually try 208 00:08:58,960 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 2: something like this. 209 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:02,439 Speaker 1: So I got a cold email from a doctor alex 210 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:08,959 Speaker 1: Oshmayanski in twenty eighteen or nineteen, I forget exactly, and 211 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 1: he wanted to do this thing called a compounding pharmacy 212 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: for drugs that were in short supply. So, believe it 213 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: or not, there are drugs like pediatric cancer drugs that 214 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 1: are injectable in hospitals that go on short supply because 215 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 1: the companies that manufacture them want them to be on 216 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: short supply so they can manufacture more, I'm sorry, charge more. 217 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: And so he emailed me telling me about this. I'm like, well, 218 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 1: that's a good idea, but there's got to be more 219 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 1: to this. And that was right when the farmer bro 220 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:41,679 Speaker 1: was going to jail after having jacked up the price 221 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 1: of this drug, you know, like seventy five hundred percent, 222 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 1: and I started asking him, I'm like, look, Alex, you 223 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:49,200 Speaker 1: know why is he able to get away with this, 224 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:52,439 Speaker 1: and it became very apparent, very quickly that the problem 225 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: was there's no transparency. You know, you talk about not 226 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,960 Speaker 1: being able to afford medications and being afraid to go 227 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 1: to the doctor, and a big part of that is 228 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:04,080 Speaker 1: because you have no idea what a medication costs. We've 229 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 1: all seen it or experienced it or talked to people, 230 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:09,640 Speaker 1: you know that go to the pharmacy not knowing what 231 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 1: it's going to cost them for, you know, for a 232 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,320 Speaker 1: medication that the doctor prescribed. And when when you think 233 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 1: about it, when you go to the doctor and they 234 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 1: say you need a med they don't say can you 235 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 1: afford it? Here's the price? They say, what pharmacy do 236 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 1: you use? Good luck? You know, And so I, you know, 237 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 1: to me, it was like, okay, well if you don't 238 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:30,719 Speaker 1: know all this information, why why has nobody just been 239 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 1: completely transparent on medication pricing? And he was like, I 240 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: don't know. And so I said, well, let's do this. 241 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: Let's you know, let's see if we can create a 242 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 1: company that is absolutely transparent that people can trust and 243 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 1: know if they can afford it and hopefully be more 244 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:48,559 Speaker 1: able to afford it. So when I got the u 245 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 1: URL cosplus drugs dot Com and made the decision that 246 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 1: when you go to costplus Drugs dot com, you put 247 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: in the name of the medication. And now we're up 248 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 1: to thousands of different skews that we carry, and if 249 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:02,200 Speaker 1: we carry it, we don't have all of them yet, 250 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:04,440 Speaker 1: we're working on it. But if we carry it, we 251 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 1: show you what it cost us to buy. And so 252 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 1: you know our exact costs for that medication. We mark 253 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:14,200 Speaker 1: it up fifteen percent. That's it, because you know why 254 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,200 Speaker 1: fifteen percent because I thought that would be fair. And 255 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 1: then if it's mail order, it's five dollars for a 256 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 1: pharmacist to review and five dollars for shipping and handling, 257 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 1: and that's it. And so by doing it that way, 258 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,320 Speaker 1: we were able to cut the cost of medications for 259 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: people like ninety eight percent, like the can. I can't 260 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: even tell you how many times I've got emails or 261 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 1: even people walking up to me on the street just 262 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 1: hugging me. I was in Nashville actually to see Kevin 263 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 1: and this woman walked up and just started crying and 264 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 1: hugging me and told me the story about how her 265 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 1: family was saving thousands of dollars per month using costplus 266 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,559 Speaker 1: Drugs dot Com and they, you know, not only were 267 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 1: not rationing, they couldn't afford it to buy it at all. 268 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:00,120 Speaker 1: And now they could afford their medication. Or you know, 269 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 1: I had one not long ago where somebody emailed me 270 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:04,959 Speaker 1: and said, look, I have cancer. It just is what 271 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 1: it is. And I was getting ready to make the 272 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 1: decision that I'm not going to buy any more medications 273 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 1: because when I'm gone, it's going to be on our 274 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:15,679 Speaker 1: credit card and my wife is going to be obligated 275 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 1: to pay that credit card bill. But we found out 276 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: about costplus Drugs dot Com. Went to costplus Drugs dot 277 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:23,679 Speaker 1: Com and instead of it being nine hundred dollars a month, 278 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:26,560 Speaker 1: it was like forty three dollars a month. You saved 279 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: our lives. I mean, when you hear that kind of stuff, 280 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 1: I mean, if that's not motivating and you know, worthy 281 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 1: of attention, I don't know what it is. 282 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:36,719 Speaker 2: You talk about the doctor emailing you. And this is 283 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 2: a story that I've been able to tell about you 284 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 2: for a long time, and it's it's been over fifteen years. 285 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 2: So you may not remember the story, cause I'm sure 286 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 2: you've done this one hundred times or more, but I 287 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:47,960 Speaker 2: had a friend because we lived in Austin for a 288 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 2: long time, like like twelve thirteen years, and she was 289 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,079 Speaker 2: like going to our first Maps game ever, and she 290 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 2: just emailed your email address and you actually responded and 291 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:58,560 Speaker 2: met her out front with tickets of the arena. And 292 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:00,439 Speaker 2: she was like, Mark Cuban, the freaking owns met me 293 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 2: and handed me tickets to the game with her and 294 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 2: her dad. Like, I'm you do stuff like that a lot. 295 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 2: I'm not making that up. You've done that before, right, Yeah, 296 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 2: for sure. I would tell people and they're like, there's 297 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 2: no chance that Mark Cuban. I was like, guys, I 298 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 2: swear to you he met her out front and handed 299 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:17,079 Speaker 2: her tickets. How do you know whose emails to read? 300 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 2: How do you look at all the emails? 301 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 1: You just get a sense of it, you know. I 302 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 1: don't do a lot of phone calls. They don't do 303 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:25,080 Speaker 1: many meetings at all. I try to do everything via 304 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 1: email because it gives me a tickler file, and it 305 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:29,719 Speaker 1: gives me a history, right, I can go back and 306 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:32,679 Speaker 1: search for things, and like, if you told me her 307 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:36,559 Speaker 1: email address, I could probably find that email. But having 308 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: read so many of them, you kind of get a 309 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 1: feel for what's real or not. And you know it's 310 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 1: typically the longer the backstory, the less likely it is 311 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 1: to be true or necessary. But when somebody is like 312 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 1: shortened to the point, hey, you know we can't afford it. 313 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: My mom and my dad, it's been their dream to 314 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 1: go to a MAVs game. You know, if you ask 315 00:13:57,120 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 1: me for a Lakers game, I'm probably not going to 316 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 1: respond if you say, we'll take any game at all. 317 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 1: We just want to go and experience it together. I'm 318 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:08,600 Speaker 1: gonna be your guy, you know, and I'm gonna get 319 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:11,319 Speaker 1: you those tickets, and you're gonna come to a Math game. 320 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 1: We're all gonna have fun. 321 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 4: Let's take a quick pause for a message from our sponsor, 322 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 4: and we're back on the Bobby Cast. 323 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 2: What was life like for you at like eight years old? 324 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 2: Like I'm just trying to picture the young version of 325 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 2: you and how you this presentation what we see now? Like, 326 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 2: how did that get formed? 327 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 1: You know? I grew in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. My dad did 328 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 1: a pollstery on cars. My mom did odd jobs at 329 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 1: two younger brothers. Nothing. You know, we weren't poor, but 330 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 1: we weren't rich, that's for certain. And I was always 331 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 1: my parents were always like, if you want something, you 332 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 1: got to earn it. My dad was one, you know, typical, 333 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: you know, blue collar worker, up at six to work 334 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: at seven, home at five, on the easy chair by six, 335 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 1: watch you whatsever on television, you know, asleep by nine, 336 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 1: and you know, we just had a normal family. But 337 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 1: they were always like, you know, if you want better, 338 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 1: you've got to earn it. And so from it as 339 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 1: long as I can remember, like I was taking baseball 340 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 1: cards and going to the park in the neighborhood and 341 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 1: reselling those baseball cards to make money to buy more 342 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 1: baseball cards, or like one time I wanted to get 343 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 1: a new pair of basketball shoes. And my dad was 344 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 1: playing poker with his buddies at the house and I 345 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 1: came in and you know, to grab a donut or whatever, 346 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 1: and they were drinking playing poker, and I'm like, Dad, 347 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 1: you know, I want a new pair of basketball shoes. 348 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 1: And he looks at me. He goes, you see those 349 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: shoes in your feet, they look like they work. When 350 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 1: you have a job, you can buy whatever you want. 351 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 1: I'm like, Dad, I'm twelve years old. How am I 352 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: going to get a job. And one of his buddies 353 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 1: piped up. You know, I got these trash bags boxes, 354 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 1: the trash bags that you can sell the neighborhood. I'm like, Dad, 355 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 1: can't I He's like sure, and so literally, you know, 356 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 1: I was well at the time, I was going door 357 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 1: to door probably the world's first and only garbage bag route. 358 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 1: But I'd be like, you know, going to my neighbors, 359 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: going Hi, my name is Mark, I'm your neighbor. Do 360 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 1: you use garbage bags? And you know, once I learned 361 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 1: I could sell and I became confident at it, then 362 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 1: that that kind of just set the tone for me 363 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 1: to be an entrepreneur, because you know, that's the foundation 364 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: of being out front, you know, with your own show, right, 365 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 1: if you're not selling, you're not on air for a 366 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 1: whole for all that long. And so it was the 367 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 1: same with me. I learned how to sell. You know, 368 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 1: that gave me confidence to start my own companies. And 369 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 1: from then on I was a lousy employee, but I 370 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 1: always knew I was going to be an entrepreneur. 371 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 2: How did it end up in tech for you? 372 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 1: Then? 373 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 2: Because broadcast dot Com and the legendary story of you 374 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 2: selling that, how did that end up with you pursuing 375 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 2: a career in tech or just creating something. 376 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:56,000 Speaker 1: So I moved to Dallas. I went to Indiana, had 377 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 1: a couple of random jobs. I moved to Dallas, and 378 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: I got a job at night working as a bartender 379 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 1: slash bar back, and then you know, I was searching 380 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 1: for a regular job. I was living six guys in 381 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:08,640 Speaker 1: the three bedroom apartment in a place in Dallas called 382 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,879 Speaker 1: the Village, which is the world's largest apartment complex, and 383 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:16,040 Speaker 1: so I had five roommates. Worked at night. But I wanted, 384 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 1: you know, a career. And I was twenty four and 385 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 1: got a job working for this company called Your Business Software. 386 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 1: And they're like, what do you know about computers? I'm like, 387 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:29,360 Speaker 1: not much, but you know, I'm a learner and I'll 388 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 1: read the manuals and I'll prove to you and if not, 389 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: you fire me. And so they gave me a shot. 390 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 1: I was doing really well until about nine months later 391 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:40,679 Speaker 1: when I got fired because I wanted to pick up 392 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 1: a check that was going to give me a fifteen 393 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:45,159 Speaker 1: hundred dollars commission so I could move out of the 394 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 1: hell hole that I lived in with five roommates. Called 395 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 1: my boss and said, look, I want to go pick 396 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 1: up this check. He's like, no, you're supposed to sweep 397 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 1: the floor, wipe down the windows, and open up the 398 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 1: store that I worked at, the sole software. So I 399 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:01,720 Speaker 1: made the executive decision. And this guy named Michael Hugh Mecky, 400 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:03,680 Speaker 1: who was my boss when I came back with the check, 401 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 1: because I made the decision. If I showed up with 402 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:08,159 Speaker 1: a fifteen k check fifteen hundred it was for me, 403 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:11,199 Speaker 1: then you know he would be thrilled fired me on 404 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:14,640 Speaker 1: the spot. And so you know that was like, Okay, 405 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: I'm allows the employee, but you know I'm good at tech. 406 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 1: And I started this company called micro Solutions, and I 407 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:25,679 Speaker 1: had no money. I found one of my prospects. I 408 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 1: went to them, a company called Architectural Lighting, and I said, look, 409 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 1: I'm broke, but if you advanced me the five hundred 410 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 1: dollars for the software that you need it cost me 411 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:37,399 Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty dollars, I'll make it work no 412 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 1: matter what. And that was the start of my tech 413 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:44,480 Speaker 1: entrepreneurial journey where that company, micro Solutions, I went seven 414 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 1: years without a vacation. But by the time I took 415 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 1: that vacation, we had, you know, eighty employees thirty some 416 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 1: million in sales, and I ended up selling it to 417 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: H and R Block and then from there I was retired. 418 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 1: I bought a lifetime pass on American Airlines. Party like 419 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:04,359 Speaker 1: our rockstar just went all over the world. But I 420 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 1: would get together with one of my buddies from Indiana, 421 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 1: Todd Wagner, And this is when the Internet was just 422 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: starting to happen in the mid nineties, and it was like, look, Mark, 423 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 1: you're you're the tech geek. 424 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 3: Now. 425 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:18,120 Speaker 1: You know, my company, micro Solutions did networking and systems integration, 426 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 1: and I learned to write software and all this other stuff. 427 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: But he's like, you can figure out how we can 428 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:27,480 Speaker 1: listen to Indiana University basketball in Dallas, can't you? And 429 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:31,199 Speaker 1: I'm like, I can try. So we started this company 430 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 1: called audio Neet, which turned into broadcast dot Com in 431 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 1: ninety five, and it was the very first streaming company. 432 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: It was crazy because, you know, it seems to make 433 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 1: so much sense now, but it was so complicated back then, 434 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 1: and we were able to make it work. And we 435 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 1: were everything that YouTube was, Pandora, Spotify, you name it. 436 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:54,640 Speaker 1: You know, we podcasts, you know, we had we had 437 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 1: you know, the Dan and Scott Show, which is probably 438 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 1: the world's first podcast in ninety five. It was just 439 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 1: all this stuff, and then we sold it to Yahoo 440 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:05,399 Speaker 1: for you know, well, first we went public in nineteen 441 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 1: ninety eight and it was the largest IPO in the 442 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 1: history of the stock market at the time. And then 443 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 1: we sold it to Yahoo in two thousand and for 444 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 1: five point seven billion in stock. 445 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:17,480 Speaker 2: So have four final questions for you, and I want 446 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 2: to follow up on that. One is that when you 447 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:22,120 Speaker 2: sell that company, did you already have in your mind 448 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:23,919 Speaker 2: that you wanted to buy a sports franchise. Was it 449 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 2: specifically the Mavericks, were you building closer to that, or 450 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 2: was it now that I have a whole bunch of money, 451 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 2: I'm going to buy that team. 452 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 1: That was the second. Right, So I'm at the game 453 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:34,159 Speaker 1: the start of the ninety nine two thousand season with 454 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,240 Speaker 1: my girlfriend who's now my wife, and I'm looking around. 455 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 1: It's the first game, right, We're undefeated, and I'm like, 456 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 1: there should be energy in the building and there was none, 457 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 1: and I'm like, I can do a better job than this, 458 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,440 Speaker 1: And so I talked to my sales rep who put 459 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: me in charge and connection connected me with Ross Pro Junior, 460 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 1: the owner at the time, and within four weeks we 461 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 1: had a deal and it was just like, oh my god. 462 00:20:57,720 --> 00:20:59,880 Speaker 1: I mean, it had never crossed my mind. It wasn't 463 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 1: a dream, it wasn't a goal. But I was such 464 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 1: a basketball junkie. I had season tickets for you know, 465 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:09,320 Speaker 1: seven years at that point to a team that stopped, 466 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 1: you know, and I was just like, Wow, what a 467 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 1: great opportunity. And you know, the rest is history. That 468 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:18,479 Speaker 1: was January of two thousand and I bought it and 469 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: I was a majority owner until December of twenty three. 470 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 2: I very much associate you and Shark Tank to me. 471 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 2: I feel like you're what brought me to Shark Tank 472 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 2: to watch all of the the you know when they 473 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:31,679 Speaker 2: show the ten episodes in a row, like I'm in 474 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:34,440 Speaker 2: for like four of them over on like random CNBC 475 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:36,479 Speaker 2: or where they're like it's one of the only binge 476 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 2: worthy shows that I'll just sit and watch. When they 477 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:42,359 Speaker 2: approached you with the idea, what was the approach? How 478 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 2: did that conversation start? 479 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:47,399 Speaker 1: It was just like, hey, come on audition for the show, 480 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 1: and literally they had me auditioned. I haven't said this 481 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:53,639 Speaker 1: a lot, but like they called me up like last 482 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:55,920 Speaker 1: minute like when you're going to be in La. I'm like, 483 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 1: I'm in La, now, can you come in tomorrow morning 484 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 1: and do this audition for Shark Tank. And they had 485 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:06,159 Speaker 1: already sent me DVD, so you know, i'd watch some 486 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 1: of the show and i'd seen it when it aired 487 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 1: some too, and I'm like, Okay, I can come in 488 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:15,160 Speaker 1: in the morning. But as it turned out, I had 489 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,600 Speaker 1: gone out the night before with my buddies and I 490 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 1: was just so hungover. But I had to audition and 491 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:26,239 Speaker 1: they were just pepper me with questions and scenarios and 492 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 1: you know generic, you know, scenarios that might come up 493 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,560 Speaker 1: with entrepreneurs. And I just cranked right through it. And 494 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 1: the next thing you know, I was a guest Shark. 495 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:38,639 Speaker 1: So this is the second season of Shark Tank. Jeff 496 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,439 Speaker 1: Foxworthy was on for three episodes as a guest, and 497 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 1: then I was on for three episodes as a guest. 498 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,159 Speaker 1: And the show on ABC was like one time it 499 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:49,120 Speaker 1: would be on a Tuesday night, the next time it'd 500 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 1: be on this Sunday night replacing Desperate Housewives, and they 501 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:54,600 Speaker 1: had a night off and I'm like, this show is 502 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:56,680 Speaker 1: not going to last, so just go on there. It's 503 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 1: a Network show, there's going to be a lot of 504 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 1: people watching. Should just have fun, and so I just 505 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 1: went for it and just decided I was going to 506 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:06,359 Speaker 1: be aggressive in and have fun, and boom, it just 507 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 1: started taking off and they invited me back for season 508 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:10,720 Speaker 1: three to be a full time shark. 509 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:13,399 Speaker 2: What's crazy is revisionous history. In my mind is that 510 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 2: you invented and created that show because you were the 511 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 2: most popular in your face was who I identified with 512 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 2: on that show. It's crazy that you weren't even on 513 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 2: season one. 514 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:23,880 Speaker 1: No, not at all, right, And you know on CNBC 515 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 1: when they show all the replays, like whenever they show 516 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 1: something from season one, people are like, wait, what how 517 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:32,439 Speaker 1: come you're not on there? I'm like, I wasn't on 518 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 1: season one, and I was only on you know, three 519 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,680 Speaker 1: episodes of season two. But you know I didn't miss 520 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:40,880 Speaker 1: until just now they're filming right now for season seventeen. 521 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 1: I'd never missed an episode. 522 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 2: Final two questions in your house? What did you what's 523 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 2: your favorite like personal picture? Like what's on the picture? 524 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 1: My family pictures? Right, there's there's probably there's one. I 525 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 1: played in the celebrity Baseball game and I hit a 526 00:23:55,359 --> 00:24:00,360 Speaker 1: double for to drive in the winning runs and then 527 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:02,640 Speaker 1: you know, I came off the field and my son, 528 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 1: who was probably he's fifteen now, so he's probably eight 529 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,919 Speaker 1: years old. Man came running out me, jumped into my 530 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:13,439 Speaker 1: arms and there's a picture of him in my arms, 531 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 1: you know, you know, just coming out to celebrate with me, 532 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:19,679 Speaker 1: and that that definitely is my all time favorite. 533 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 2: And my final question is with the song, which we 534 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:24,120 Speaker 2: played a little bit of it before you came on. 535 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 1: Oh cool. 536 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:28,439 Speaker 2: And secondly with the pick. You know a lot of 537 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 2: guys will transition into country music. Is this what we 538 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 2: have your new career, Mark Cuban? You know, yeah, It's. 539 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:39,680 Speaker 1: Funny because when we did a little bit for Shark 540 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:42,440 Speaker 1: Tank where we played the song, I wasn't going to sing. 541 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 1: I was just going to sit there and bob my head. 542 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:46,719 Speaker 1: But I've kept on playing the song to see if 543 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:49,199 Speaker 1: I can get in tune. So I actually sang on 544 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: it as well, so, you know, as Kevin and I 545 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:54,879 Speaker 1: can get this one to work. One girl won that 546 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 1: one bar, you know whatever, I'm I'm ready for number 547 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:02,359 Speaker 1: two because it was it was it was something completely 548 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:04,960 Speaker 1: different than anything I've ever done. You know, I'm so 549 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 1: used to the right brain, business business, business, business that 550 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:12,119 Speaker 1: this is just completely different. And so I'm game. If 551 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:14,359 Speaker 1: Kevin don't have me wants to do more, I'm down 552 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 1: for sure. 553 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 2: But you have rhythm. Didn't you teach dance lessons back 554 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:20,919 Speaker 2: in college? Oh yeah, that was the move. That was 555 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:21,240 Speaker 2: the move. 556 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,440 Speaker 1: Hey, let me just tell you. Back then in Indiana, 557 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 1: I got fay twenty five dollars an hour to teach 558 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 1: gross sorority girls how to dance and it was the 559 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 1: best job ever. I put everything to take that job. 560 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,040 Speaker 2: Uh, Mark, we really appreciate it. The pick, it's an 561 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:39,680 Speaker 2: excellent idea, I mean, Kevin Mack, I don't know why 562 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 2: everybody didn't already have it. And that's it's a great invention. 563 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:45,159 Speaker 2: I mean it's I can't believe that pick wasn't already invented. 564 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 2: So good luck, open makes tons of money. Take pic 565 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:49,400 Speaker 2: is the name of it. The final season a Shark 566 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:53,000 Speaker 2: Tank and cost plus Drugs, which I think is changing 567 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 2: hopefully will change the world in a really really positive way. Mark, 568 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 2: thank you for your time and we really appreciate it. 569 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,080 Speaker 1: Thanks for the interview. This is fun by that I 570 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 1: really appreciate it. Thanks for having me back on again. 571 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 2: All right, Mark, good to see you, Buddy. 572 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 1: You too, Baddy. To take care. 573 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:17,879 Speaker 5: The Bobby Cast will be right back. This is the 574 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:18,719 Speaker 5: Bobby Cast. 575 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:23,200 Speaker 2: So I just talked to Mark Cuban billionaire, Mavericks owner 576 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 2: Shark Tank star guy probably owns more hoodies and suits. 577 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 2: But I want to do a segment that goes hand 578 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:31,320 Speaker 2: in hand with that conversation. So today we're going to 579 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 2: dive into the biggest success stories from Shark Tank, which 580 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,400 Speaker 2: I have to admit, I don't think I've ever watched 581 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:39,879 Speaker 2: Shark Tank when it was being shown in the evening 582 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 2: on network television, which I think was ABC. But I've 583 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 2: watched it a ton when it was like binge, when 584 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 2: it's on like CNBC or whatever weird channel it is 585 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:51,119 Speaker 2: when you're flips the channels. So I've probably seen a 586 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:53,439 Speaker 2: hundred episodes, but I'd always watch them like four or 587 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 2: five at a time, much like those prison shows. So 588 00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 2: I'd be in, but then i'd be out for a 589 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 2: long time. And so some of these I actually remember, 590 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:02,880 Speaker 2: and some of them I don't. I had to look up. 591 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 2: But I want to talk about some of the pitches 592 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 2: that worked, some of them that made real money, some 593 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,159 Speaker 2: of them that made a ton of money. Some of 594 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 2: them I didn't even know where from Shark Tank, Like 595 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 2: they became so big. I don't even think about them 596 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 2: being from that show anymore. I don't even compare to 597 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,400 Speaker 2: like Carrie Underwood on American Idol, Like she got so big, 598 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 2: you don't think about her being from Idol. You just 599 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,680 Speaker 2: think about her being Carrie Underwood and you're like, oh yeah, 600 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:26,479 Speaker 2: and she was from American Idol. So this is not 601 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:29,399 Speaker 2: like a boring business lesson. These are Shark Tank All Stars. 602 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 2: The idea is that made the sharks richer and made 603 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:36,200 Speaker 2: some of them regret not jumping in. And I'll start 604 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 2: with the number one. It was scrub Daddy. This is 605 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:42,920 Speaker 2: the goat of Shark Tank. Scrub Daddy was the smiling 606 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 2: sponge that became a three hundred million dollar empire. It 607 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:50,200 Speaker 2: changes texture in hot or cold water, which is cool, 608 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:53,000 Speaker 2: but I think the real when I started looking into 609 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:54,439 Speaker 2: this because I don't have this, it's just a sponge 610 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:56,440 Speaker 2: with a face, and I think people just like to 611 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 2: buy it. Laurie backed it and now it's one of 612 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 2: the selling cleaning products in America. I don't have one 613 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:05,640 Speaker 2: of these. I knew what this was, but I only 614 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 2: knew it because of the face on it. I didn't 615 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:09,680 Speaker 2: know it because of the reason, which was it changes 616 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 2: textures when it gets wet or hot or cold. Do 617 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:15,480 Speaker 2: you do you have a scrun? Scrub Daddy, Mike, scrub. 618 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 3: Daddy is the only scrub that I buy. 619 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 6: Yeah. 620 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:19,359 Speaker 3: They even make it like character ones, like they have 621 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 3: leeluan and stitch ones. 622 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 2: See, that's what I only know it from is the faces. Yeah, 623 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,440 Speaker 2: but they do position it as it does different things. 624 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:27,920 Speaker 3: They got scrub Mommy, they got the old family. 625 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, that one made a ton of money. Number two. 626 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 2: I have Bomba socks and they're awesome. Bombas are the 627 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,600 Speaker 2: you buy one, they donate one sock, and you know 628 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 2: you've made it when your socks have mission statements. And 629 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:42,760 Speaker 2: that was the whole point, like they're like, hey, a 630 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 2: lot of people have socks, but we have a mission 631 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 2: statement with ours, and so Damna John invested. They've sold 632 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,480 Speaker 2: over five hundred million dollars and socks, T shirts and underwear, 633 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 2: even more than the scrub Daddy. But I think they 634 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 2: haven't made as much because they donate a whole bunch 635 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 2: as well. But that's number two on the list. Number 636 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:03,320 Speaker 2: three is the the Comfy. It's a blanket and a hoodie. 637 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:06,120 Speaker 2: Remember the what was one called we used to wear 638 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:09,280 Speaker 2: the snuggie? Yeah, yeah, this was the Comfy. These guys 639 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:11,040 Speaker 2: walked into Shark Tank looking like they've been asleep for 640 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:14,000 Speaker 2: three days, and Barbara was like, I'm in It's a 641 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:17,840 Speaker 2: four hundred million dollar company. And every time it gets 642 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:19,800 Speaker 2: called out or like when winter hits, I do see 643 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 2: it sometimes trending on TikTok people wearing the comfy. It's 644 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 2: very very close to the snuggie though, can we. 645 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 3: Agree on that. Yeah, it's like a big oversized hoodie. 646 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:35,520 Speaker 2: Yes. At number four, Tipsy Elves ugly Christmas sweaters million 647 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:40,600 Speaker 2: dollar business. Tipsy Elves leaned into that, and Robert invested. 648 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:42,560 Speaker 2: They're doing one hundred and twenty five million bucks in sales, 649 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:46,760 Speaker 2: so they're probably not doing as much even while being 650 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 2: super successful because they are so holiday driven, like pretty 651 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:54,640 Speaker 2: much only gonna buy ugly sweaters what from late October 652 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:59,320 Speaker 2: to the twenty third twentieth probably yeah, yeah, yeah, but 653 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:03,120 Speaker 2: they have been I'm wildly successful. The squatty Potty is 654 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:05,960 Speaker 2: from Shark Tank, and so the squatty Potty is a 655 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 2: stool that you sit on the toilet and you put 656 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:12,000 Speaker 2: your feet on. That's really it. It just lifts your feet up. 657 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, it makes it when it feels weird, I don't 658 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:14,200 Speaker 3: like it. 659 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:16,200 Speaker 2: I don't like using the same one that other people 660 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,120 Speaker 2: have used, Like, I feel like I need my own 661 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,320 Speaker 2: dedicated squatty potty if I'm gonna have one. We had 662 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:22,479 Speaker 2: one for a bit, but I felt weird letting everybody 663 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:25,040 Speaker 2: use my squatty potty. LORI backed it. They did two 664 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:28,200 Speaker 2: hundred million bucks in sales. I mean, it's just a 665 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 2: but every invention is that it's just and everybody goes. 666 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 2: I can't believe it wasn't dentetic, I know, but yeah, 667 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 2: it helps you use the bathroom. There is the simply 668 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:43,040 Speaker 2: fit board at number six. It's a plastic balance board. 669 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:45,440 Speaker 2: Have you seen this at all? Because I didn't know it, 670 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:47,840 Speaker 2: had to look it up. Yeah, it's one hundred and 671 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:53,080 Speaker 2: sixty million dollars in sales. It's like a twisty disc 672 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:58,000 Speaker 2: and again it looks like something that like your aunt 673 00:30:58,120 --> 00:30:59,280 Speaker 2: uses on Facebook. 674 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:01,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's just like piece of plastic. 675 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:03,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's really it. And she squeares by it until 676 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:06,080 Speaker 2: she moves on to something else, But yeah, that's that 677 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:09,560 Speaker 2: was that. That was the simply fit board. The sleep 678 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:12,880 Speaker 2: Styler comes in at number seven. Big in the beauty world. 679 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:15,040 Speaker 2: These are soft rollers that curl your hair while you sleep. 680 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 2: They sold one hundred million in a year, which proves 681 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:21,440 Speaker 2: that people just want to put in less effort and 682 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:23,720 Speaker 2: you just want it to happen while you're sleeping. But yeah, 683 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 2: they made a hundred million bucks. They just look like 684 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:29,120 Speaker 2: big old rollers. This number eight, I do see here 685 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:33,400 Speaker 2: Cousins main Lobster. I see the trucks here, seeing that 686 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:38,600 Speaker 2: two cousins, one truck. Lobster rolls for the people Barbara invested. 687 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 2: Now they have food trucks and restaurants nationwide. There's one 688 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:42,480 Speaker 2: even near my house that I see all the time. 689 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:44,080 Speaker 2: I didn't know that's from Shark Tank until I did 690 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:48,120 Speaker 2: this research. Eighty million dollars in counting. I don't know 691 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:50,360 Speaker 2: if it's any good do you vegan here? 692 00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:51,360 Speaker 1: Yeah? 693 00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 2: Good point. And I don't think I'm gonna stop at 694 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:58,120 Speaker 2: a truck to get seafood. But if they prioritize getting 695 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:00,640 Speaker 2: it there quick, I shouldn't judge the truck. There's a 696 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:03,600 Speaker 2: place near my house called Maize and they were a 697 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,040 Speaker 2: food truck before they turned into a restaurant. It's awesome. 698 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:07,200 Speaker 3: Food trucks are great. 699 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:10,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, I haven't spent enough time with them to trust 700 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:12,320 Speaker 2: them fully. Like food trucks, I feel like, if I'm 701 00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:13,960 Speaker 2: gonna get something quick, I'm gonna jump in a food 702 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,600 Speaker 2: truck grab something. But this Maze place was so successful 703 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:19,440 Speaker 2: as a food truck that it's now a restaurant. I 704 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:20,720 Speaker 2: don't even know what part of town it is. That's 705 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:23,400 Speaker 2: on Eighth Street here. They have a whole wall of corn. 706 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:27,480 Speaker 2: It's just all corn kernels. Dude, It's so good. And 707 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:29,960 Speaker 2: that's all because of their food truck and how successful 708 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 2: it got. But yeah, that is from Shark Tank. That 709 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:40,000 Speaker 2: cousin's main lobster. Kodak cakes, Kodiac Cakes. This one wasn't 710 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 2: picked up by anybody, but it became massive, the Kodiac cakes. 711 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:46,480 Speaker 2: They were pitched to the Sharks. Everybody passed. It's a 712 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:49,840 Speaker 2: high protein pancake mix. They now do over five hundred 713 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:52,000 Speaker 2: million dollars in sales. They got picked up in every 714 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:53,000 Speaker 2: grocery store in America. 715 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:56,240 Speaker 3: That's where I know Brom from the grocery store. I 716 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:57,080 Speaker 3: seen them on the shelf. 717 00:32:57,520 --> 00:32:58,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't. I don't know. I thought they were 718 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:00,800 Speaker 2: called Kodak cakes, but no, so you do no cody 719 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:01,160 Speaker 2: eac cakes. 720 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:01,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think. 721 00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:02,960 Speaker 6: I say in my target all the time, can you 722 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:08,800 Speaker 6: eat those? They might have dairy in it, probably eggs. 723 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:10,840 Speaker 2: You know now that I am allergic to dairy, I 724 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:12,520 Speaker 2: have to look for the V on stuff all the time. 725 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:14,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, welcome to the vegan world. 726 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:18,120 Speaker 2: Yeah it sucks. Yeah. I will go to a place 727 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:19,840 Speaker 2: if I'm on Uber eats and I just type in 728 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:21,560 Speaker 2: v and see what pops up. Do you do that? 729 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:23,800 Speaker 6: Yeah, because it's stuff you don't think about, like eggs 730 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:25,640 Speaker 6: and milk. It's like, oh, it's in everything. 731 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:29,360 Speaker 2: Proteins, Yeah, protein, way, protein is milk. I had no 732 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:35,320 Speaker 2: idea it is dairy. Bubba Cue's Boneless Ribs NFL player 733 00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:39,320 Speaker 2: turned barbecue boss Damna John backdam It's boneless ribs, pre 734 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:42,520 Speaker 2: cooked made for the microwave. They licensed it to Carls 735 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:45,400 Speaker 2: Junior and Hardy's. Oh that's where the money is right there. 736 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:51,080 Speaker 2: Now they're making over fifty million dollars. Man, that's awesome. 737 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:53,400 Speaker 2: So the ribs are all the way done, you just 738 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:54,160 Speaker 2: got to heat them up. 739 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:54,600 Speaker 1: Man. 740 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:56,920 Speaker 2: When you get the Carls Junior, the Hardy's the big 741 00:33:57,040 --> 00:34:05,440 Speaker 2: chains to license it. The door Bought is at number 742 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:10,719 Speaker 2: eleven and door bot turned into Ring. Yeah, this is 743 00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:15,080 Speaker 2: a big miss in Shark Tank. So Jamie Simonov pitched 744 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:19,640 Speaker 2: door Bought the smart doorbell camera. It got rejected on 745 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:23,680 Speaker 2: Shark Tank. It was later renamed to Ring. They sold 746 00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:27,200 Speaker 2: that to Amazon for one point two billion dollars eide 747 00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:34,359 Speaker 2: with a bat billion every shark passed. And I think 748 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:39,720 Speaker 2: Ring is the Kleenex is the Coke of products, meaning 749 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:45,520 Speaker 2: they have such dominance that their product is named for 750 00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:48,400 Speaker 2: that whole area. Like any sort of camera that's on 751 00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:50,480 Speaker 2: a doorbell, most people prefer to them as a ring 752 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:58,200 Speaker 2: doorbell camera. It's a ring, a bottle breacher. It's a 753 00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:01,759 Speaker 2: bullet shaped bottle opener made by veterans. It's made over 754 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:03,560 Speaker 2: a twenty five million bucks in sales. Perfect gift for 755 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:05,839 Speaker 2: that uncle who talked about Ammo with Thanksgiving. That's kind 756 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:06,240 Speaker 2: of funny. 757 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:08,400 Speaker 3: This looks like, well not to take in your luggage 758 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:09,000 Speaker 3: to the airport. 759 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:11,040 Speaker 2: Does it look like a bullet hort? Just like a 760 00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:15,720 Speaker 2: bullet Allumio. It's a lamp that folds like a book. 761 00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:19,879 Speaker 2: Robert invested a blue up in design circles. It's one 762 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:22,400 Speaker 2: of the rare ones that are both functionable and also 763 00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:24,560 Speaker 2: look cool on Instagram. These are cool. Have you seen it? 764 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:25,160 Speaker 3: It looks cool. 765 00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:28,239 Speaker 2: Yeah. I didn't know it until I started searching the 766 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:31,799 Speaker 2: biggest wins in Shark Tank allomio. Yeah, check that out. 767 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:34,600 Speaker 2: There's something called The Book's Company, but books is in 768 00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:38,760 Speaker 2: like bouquets. It's an online flower delivery, very transparent pricing, 769 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,440 Speaker 2: sustainable farms. It was originally rejected, but Cuban did a 770 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:45,080 Speaker 2: deal after the show. Today it's doing one hundred million 771 00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:48,680 Speaker 2: dollars in revenue and pretty much the flowers now live 772 00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:52,239 Speaker 2: longer because you know the farm it's coming from. They're 773 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:55,600 Speaker 2: very transparent about when they're picked where. If you buy flowers, 774 00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,879 Speaker 2: you really don't know that. I just got a couple 775 00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:02,799 Speaker 2: more here. Thirty one Productions and Mark Cuban invested in 776 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:06,880 Speaker 2: this one. He invested in a live haunted hay ride company. 777 00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:09,680 Speaker 2: That sounds kind of cool. Huh. 778 00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:12,320 Speaker 3: I think I saw it. Yeah, I did see this episode. Yeah. 779 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:15,560 Speaker 2: They sold the company for millions, and so Mark Cuban 780 00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:17,640 Speaker 2: made a bunch of money. I don't know. There's a 781 00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:20,560 Speaker 2: massive success story yet because I think they sold to 782 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:22,520 Speaker 2: someone who's trying to build it out now. But that's 783 00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:27,480 Speaker 2: what it is. It's a live, haunted hayride company. So 784 00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:30,440 Speaker 2: there you go. And most of them are just so simple. 785 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:32,719 Speaker 2: Most of them are. It's like when someone writes a song. 786 00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:35,359 Speaker 2: We do a lot of songwriters here, you're like, man, 787 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:37,080 Speaker 2: why did I think of that? Or that song? Seems 788 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:40,319 Speaker 2: so easy to write? But simplicity always is the key here. 789 00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:45,480 Speaker 2: The one that I know the most is probably Ring, 790 00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:51,000 Speaker 2: which didn't sell the scrub Daddy, which I knew, but 791 00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:52,799 Speaker 2: Bombas is probably for me, the one that I know 792 00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:54,600 Speaker 2: the most because I have a bunch of Bombas socks. 793 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,360 Speaker 2: They really are great socks, and yours scrub Daddy probably 794 00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:00,719 Speaker 2: ye sure, yeah. Well, thanks to Mark Cuban for coming on. 795 00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:04,280 Speaker 2: Thank you guys for being here. 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