Mark Cuban is actually a rare example of someone who bootstrapped from smaller successful businesses into larger ones. His success with Microsolutions led him

Mark Cuban is actually a rare example of someone who bootstrapped from smaller successful businesses into larger ones. His success with Microsolutions led him towards creating AudioNet -> Broadcast.com . Sure, he benefited from nice timing, but also he was quite smart about protecting his windfall(that infamous Yahoo collar trade:http://investmentxyz.blogspot.com/2006/05/cubans-collar-anatomy-of-famous-trade.html http://investmentxyz.blogspot.com/2006/05/cubans-collar-anat...). I really can't speak about his activities since 2000, but most of it has seemed quite sane and sensible.