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I Retired At Twenty-nine, Bought A Life-time Pass On American Airlines And My Only Goal In Life Was To Party Like A Mad Man And Get Drunk With As Many People As Possible. And I Was Happy Right There. But When We Started The Streaming Business, I Knew It Could Be Something Big.

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I Retired At Twenty-nine,

Mark Cuban

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I Retired At Twenty-nine, Bought A Life-time Pass On American Airlines And My Only Goal In Life Was To Party Like A Mad Man And Get Drunk With As Many People As Possible. And I Was Happy Right There. But When We Started The Streaming Business, I Knew It Could Be Something Big.

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