Quite a few years ago, after he had sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo! for billions of dollars but before he leapt to international prominence as owner and impresario of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, I had some brief business dealings with Mark Cuban.
I only spoke with Mark a couple of times. He wasn’t my contact; Mr. Cuban had a history with my then-business partner Ken Rutkowski, and we did a short dance exploring a business venture with him that never went anywhere.
