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  • 4/11/2025
Mark Cuban says, if a billionaire tells you they could do it all over again, they're lying their ass off. He's made billions built companies and bought the Dallas Mavericks, but says success stories like his are built on luck and timing just as much as brains are hustle. Cuban told gq, if I was born three years earlier or later, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

It's not just hard work, it's when you worked hard and he's not alone. Warren Buffet calls it the ovarian lottery. Bill Gates says it's all about right place, right time. Even Elon Musk says, most startups fail no matter how smart you are. Mark Cuban's not saying, don't try. He's saying, don't fall for the myth that billionaires have a blueprint.

Sometimes being early is the strategy. What do you think the success more about timing than talent? Comment below and follow Benzinga for more truth behind the headlines.
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00:00Mark Cuban says if a billionaire tells you they could do it all over again, they're lying their
00:04ass off. He's made billions, built companies, and bought the Dallas Mavericks, but says success
00:09stories like his are built on luck and timing just as much as brains or hustle. Cuban told GQ,
00:14if I was born three years earlier or later, we wouldn't be having this conversation. It's not
00:18just hard work. It's when you worked hard. And he's not alone. Warren Buffett calls it the
00:22ovarian lottery. Bill Gates says it's all about right place, right time. Even Elon Musk says
00:27most startups fail, no matter how smart you are. Mark Cuban's not saying don't try. He's saying
00:31don't fall for the myth that billionaires have a blueprint. Sometimes being early is the strategy.
00:36What do you think? Is success more about timing than talent? Comment below and follow Benzinga
00:41for more truth behind the headlines.

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