Mark Cuban Quotes

For 300 years, higher education was not disruptable because there was no technological core.

Nobody sets out to break new ground. I think change comes when people have no other choice.

Technology will eventually destroy the way schools are run now.

Any business today that embraces the status quo as an operating principle is going to be on a death march.

I'm sure some people will say, 'Why do this?' And my response is, 'Why wouldn't you?' The film business in general is using a model that is outdated and, worse than that, inefficient.

Even when early innovations start to succeed, it is not uncommon to see growing businesses sabotaged for threatening the status quo.

Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.

I feel that the best companies are started not because the founder wanted a company but because the founder wanted to change the world... If you decide you want to found a company, you maybe start to develop your first idea. And hire lots of workers.

When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.

If the idea is really new and unique and big, other people will all think it is bad and is going to fail.

Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.

What matters is this: Being fearless of failure arms you to break the rules. In doing so, you may change the culture and just possibly, for a moment, change life itself.

I think I'm gonna attach myself to the sinking ship that is book publishing.

Any of our businesses will not exist in the form that is today, will not exist in the same form one year later, two years later... We have to worry about the disruptions in the business models and the practices.

I think there are too many start-ups and not enough real companies.

Without disruptions, startups can't survive.

I hear entrepreneurs use the word 'disruption' on a daily basis and continuously hear the cliche change the world.

If something works, you shouldn't do it again. We want to do something that is new, original - something where there's a good chance of failure.

When there is change, there are always sceptics who think it won't work. I am sure someone at some point thought the iPhone wouldn't take off.

Just as the traditional taxi system revolted against ride sharing, so too does the education establishment feel threatened by the rise of school choice.

With innovation, there is always risk.

There really is a hunger and a demand for something different in higher education.

If you just sit on what you've created, chances are you're not going to be around much longer.

Too often, the music business allowed third-party companies to innovate for us - and that simply does not work anymore.

Look at the computer industry. I've watched a lot of companies come and go, some that were right at the pinnacle of their success.