Mark Cuban is a businessman, publisher, investor, writer, television personality and also a famous billionaire in the United States (US).
He is one of the regular panelists on the business-related reality television show Shark Tank.
The television show has been broadcast since 2008, Shark Tank panels will also discuss matters related to business and investment.
As a regular Shark Tank panelist, Cuban once shared that he actually likes to inspire people, especially at the childhood stage, to start a business.
In addition, he stated that what he likes about the program is not how much money can be earned through investment but how the program can provide useful inspiration to people to start a business.
Among Mark Cuban's advice to children to start a business is to sell items they can produce themselves.
Children can also offer paid services to people around them such as family members, friends, and immediate neighbors first.
Cuban once met 12- and 14-year-olds who told him about how the Shark Tank show taught them to start businesses in school.
At the age of 12, Cuban himself started a business by selling garbage bags to his neighbors in Pittsburgh.
As a teenager, he sold items such as baseball cards, stamps and collectibles to help pay his college fees.
While in college, he worked part-time as a bartender, lawyer and also a dance coach to make ends meet.
Mark Cuban once said that his diligent and persistent attitude in finding financial resources since childhood is what helped him become a billionaire.
Now the total wealth of Mark Cuban reaches $5.1 billion.
