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Mark Cuban is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks and Chairman of HDNet.

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Facebook IPO Post-Mortem: Killer -- But Not for the Reasons You Think

(144) Comments | Posted May 24, 2012 | 10:02 AM

1. Say goodbye to the individual investor on Wall Street. Whatever positive impression they had of the IPO market and the stock market in general was just torched to the ground. When everyone you know associated with the stock market is telling you, and the media is confirming, that this...

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I Hope Yahoo Crushes Facebook in Its Patent Suit

(367) Comments | Posted March 13, 2012 | 5:38 PM

Anyone who reads my blog knows how much I hate patent laws. I think 99 percent of the time they are anti-competitive, corruptive, impede creativity and innovation and can kill small businesses. I think the ratio of patent law doing a good job protecting company IP vs. it...

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Thoughts on Our Federal Government, Taxes, Small Business and More

(236) Comments | Posted September 21, 2011 | 12:46 PM

These are not meant to be researched items. These are "streams of consciousness" from the conversation yesterday's post created.

First some housekeeping. I DO NOT like paying more in taxes. HOWEVER, I think that this country has created unique opportunities for entrepreneurs and paying taxes is a small...

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My Suggestion On Patent Law

(293) Comments | Posted August 8, 2011 | 1:29 PM

It is easy to complain. Much harder to come up with solutions. Many won't like what I propose, but who wants to make lawyers happy anyway?

The solution?

1. End all software patents. Don't make them shorter, eliminate them.

I have no problem with software being copyrightable just as...

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President-Elect Obama's First Big Mistake

(537) Comments | Posted November 13, 2008 | 1:44 PM

Its great to see President-elect Obama aggressively taking on the economy prior to his taking office. Unfortunately, the economic advisory team that he has put together looks more like a semester's worth of great guest speakers for an MBA class than an economic advisory team that can truly help him.

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