MARK CUBAN
A native of
Pittsburgh, Pa. Mark Cuban attended Indiana University were he major in
Business Administration. Inheriting entrepreneur spirit from his grandfather
Morris Chobanisky, Mark chose to put his business skills to work and rent the
Bloomington National Guard armory to promote parties and used the profit to pay
for out of state tuition.
After graduating
from I.U. in 1981, Mark accepted a position at Mellon Bank located in his home
town of Pittsburgh. It did not take long for Mark to establish himself by
studying machines and networking as Mellon was updating their system to
computers.
A year later Mark
took his energy on the road and landed in Dallas, Tx were he open a business
consulting firm specializing in computer software called MicrosSolutions. A
short time later Mark and friend, Tood Wagner wanted to listen to their beloved
I.U. basketball games. What came next was the birth of online radio, AudioNet.
After renaming the company to Broadcast.com. The company went public and was
sold to Yahoo for $6B.
In 2000, Mark was
the proud owner of NBA franchise, Dallas Mavericks, other ventures of Mark’s
were the purchase of Landmark Theaters, alone with a healthy stake in Lions
Gate Entertainment. http://www.biography.com/people/mark-cuban-562656
Oprah Winfrey
In her early years
Oprah Winfrey showed signs of outstanding achievement by learning how to read
at the age of three. Oprah was surrounded by God fearing followers of the
faith, in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Her grandmother, alone with church community
sensed her anointment to greatness.
Once her mom became
settled in Milwaukee, Oprah moved in with her mother. Within time young Oprah
found herself alone due to her mother long working hours. Oprah was repeatedly
molested by male relatives and family visitors from the age of 9 – 13.
Attempting to
escape, she found herself moving in with her father in Nashville, Tennessee
where under her father strict discipline, Oprah began showing signs of
exceptional fortuity and endurance of strength. Oprah accomplishment were just
beginning, at the age of 17, Oprah won Miss Black Tennessee. Prizes included
scholarship to Tennessee State University, on air job at radio station WVOL.
Oprah, leveraged her
life experience and moved to Baltimore to join WJZ-TV News as a young co-anchor.
A natural in front of the camera, Oprah hosted “People Are Talking” a local talk
show. Next stop, Chicago where Oprah “turned AM Chicago into the hottest show
in town”.
Critical & Key components:
Control and passion in life will transfer to business, are both philosophy that Oprah and Mark Cuban live by. Mark suggest that each entrepreneurs should know how the company will make sales and profit. Additionally, the entrepreneur should no their core business or objective and stay the course.
Although, Oprah has over 500 employees, she control her brand name, direction and future projects as the CEO of her empire.
Why are these considered Key:
Every business expert will mention that your business plan should have an mission, objective and know were profits will come from. That is the core blueprint to all business plans.
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