Sat down with serial entrepreneur Mark Cuban to discuss the evolution of the tech industry, how to fix America’s healthcare system, and much more.

Chapters

0:00 - Staying accessible 

1:28 - Bad emails

2:47 - Hawk Tuah meme coin 

8:10 - Creators that do business well  

12:10 - Talent managers 

13:38 - Leaving Shark Tank

16:27 - The value of Shark Tank

18:07 - What makes America different

18:43 - Growing up in Pennsylvania 

21:53 - The relationship between youth and work (part 1)

23:25 - How tech changed the college application process

25:15 - The relationship between youth and work (part 2)

26:48 - If students should take gaps year

29:42 - Drop the daily latte 

31:06 - Food delivery services

32:30 - The tech landscape in the 80s

34:56 - What people were scared of in the 80s

37:15 - The rise of the personal computer 

38:27 - Bill Gates stole his girls

39:36 - People’s reactions to new hardware 

41:25 - The problem with virtual reality (VR)

44:00 - The early days of the internet

48:30 - Being broke in his 20s

49:26 - Mark’s mindset after becoming a millionaire 

53:06 - Launching streaming online (Broadcast.com)

54:29 - Dotcom bubble/boom

58:01 - Mark’s mindset after becoming a billionaire

1:00:12 - Responding to billionaire critiques 

1:03:35 - The current state of the US healthcare system 

1:12:51 - The United Healthcare CEO killing

1:18:45 - Cost Plus Drugs

1:21:36 - Tech billionaires and the government 

1:24:55 - The influence of algorithms

1:31:19 - Flooding the feeds

1:33:13 - Why Mark deleted his Kamala tweets

1:35:13 - Digital footprint

1:36:00 - Elon Musk

1:39:09 - How Trump’s presidency will affect the tech industry

1:41:46 - Lina Khan (FTC) and artificial intelligence

1:45:19 - The importance of winning the AI race

1:49:09 - The current social media landscape

1:51:13 - X/Twitter vs Threads vs Bluesky

2:02:47 - Jules’ current social media habits

2:03:39 - TikTok ban

2:09:35 - How AI might impact social media

2:16:33 - Conclusion

Ignore my botched haircut. We’ll grow.

You can find Mark on

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mcuban/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcuban

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mcuban.bsky.social

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