Mark Cuban is a billionaire American businessman, investor, author, television personality and philanthropist. He is the owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, a co-owner in a number of companies and a star of a hit tv show Shark Tank.
FUN FACT: He bought his first jet online with a credit card without even seeing it.
BOOK LIST
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"The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand
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*Paperback: $3.57 *Hardcover: $14.67 |
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Mark Cuban has read this book three times completely, and comes back to it all the time by just reading snippets. He said in an interview on C-SPAN (March 26, 2006). He first red this book in high school, and it taught him that "it doesn't matter what everybody else thinks - its how you see yourself and what your dreams are." |
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"The Gospel of Wealth" by Andrew Carnegie
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*Paperback: $7.95 |
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"This was a reading assignment in an MBA entrepreneurship class that I snuck into at Indiana University. Bottom line is that among the many patriotic things you can do, one is getting rich and pay your taxes." |
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"Rework" by Jason Fried
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*Hardcover: $15.08 |
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"If I was given a choice between investing in someone who has read Rework or has an MBA, I'm investing in Rework every time. This is a must read for every entrepreneur." |
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"The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need" by Andrew Tobias
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*Paperback: $10.84 *Hardcover: $22.91 |
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"This is the only investment book I have read that truly made sense. Bottom line is that you can take a measure of risk on the $5,000 you have to invest in an attempt to earn 10% in the stock market, while praying that it all doesn't disappear because someone bought too many derivative. Or you can save 15% on the $5,000 a year you send on replenishables, from toilet paper to cereal to who knows what, and put it in the bank on top of the original $5,000, earn an easy 5%, plus accrued interest, on the total and sleep very well at night." |
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"Cold Calling Techniques" by Stephan Schiffman
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*Paperback: $8.90 |
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"This is a book that every CEO needs to read. If you can't sell, you can't survive. If you can sell - if you can figure out how to open doors and make you customers happy - you not only will always be able to eat and put a roof over your head but also thrive in any corporate or entrepreneurial environment." |