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On The Internet, There Are An Unlimited Number Of Competitors. Anybody With A Flip Camera Is Your Competition. What Makes It Even Worse Is That Youtube Is Willing To Subsidize The Cost Of Your Bandwidth. So Anybody Can Create And Distribute For Free Basically, But The Real Cost Is Marketing. And That's Always The Big Cost - How Do You Stand Out And What's The Cost Of Standing Out? And There's No Limit To That Cost.

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Mark Cuban

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On The Internet, There Are An Unlimited Number Of Competitors. Anybody With A Flip Camera Is Your Competition. What Makes It Even Worse Is That Youtube Is Willing To Subsidize The Cost Of Your Bandwidth. So Anybody Can Create And Distribute For Free Basically, But The Real Cost Is Marketing. And That's Always The Big Cost - How Do You Stand Out And What's The Cost Of Standing Out? And There's No Limit To That Cost.

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