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Mark Cuban's Plan To Fix The Economy With His Money
Silicon Alley Insider — ... Sick of this terrible economy, former "Dancing WIth The Stars" contestant (and NBA team owner and tech billionaire) Mark Cuban says he wants to "come up with a course of action that I can undertake on my own that possibly, somehow could make a difference." ...

Four short links: 11 Feb 2009
O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies. — ... The Mark Cuban Stimulus Plan, Open Source Funding -- lovely criteria for a company that he'll fund. "8. You must post your business plan here, or you can post it on slideshare.com , scribd.com or google docs, all completely public for anyone to see and/or download" ...

Ready, Set, Go: Mark Cuban's New Open-Source Funding Reality Show
paidContent — ... It's been about 24 hours since Mark Cuban started his own stimulus package on his Blog Maverick and whether or not he comes up a winning investment or two, so far, it's the text-based, geeky equivalent of American Idol. (I would say Dancing with the Stars given our host's history with the show but it's not open call.)  Monday night, Cuban posted an open-source funding offer with a few strings attached—a dozen, to be exact, although he later added an amendment. (Full list after the jump; the spelling and ...

Mark Cuban’s Stimulus Plan: Fund Businesses That Hit Profitability Fast
WSJ.com: Independent Street — ... Billionaire and “maverick” entrepreneur Mark Cuban is promoting his own stimulus plan: He’s asking his popular blog’s readers to submit ideas for new businesses and then says he’ll personally fund those he deems worthy. ...

Mark Cuban as a transparent VC
Open Source — During a bout with depression after the 2004 elections I wrote part of a novel in which Mark Cuban emerged as a hero. This does not mean I know him. I have never met him. Never did business with him. And the Cuban of my fiction bears scant resemblance to the real man. With that minor bit of disclosure out of the way, let’s look at the real Cuban’s latest, the Mark Cuban Stimulus Plan. He calls it open source funding, but that’s a bit like calling American Idol open source entertainment. (Note: Cuban once tried ...

Mark Cuban Doesn't Understand Open Source
OStatic blogs — ... Mark Cuban, entrepreneur, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, and all-around rich guy, put an interesting offer on the table this week. Post your business idea on his blog and if he likes it, he'll toss some cash your way to fund it. ...

Mark Cuban Doesn't Understand Open Source [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — ... Mark Cuban, entrepreneur, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, and all-around rich guy, put an interesting offer on the table this week. Post your business idea on his blog and if he likes it, he'll toss some cash your way to fund it. ...

Checking In With Mark Cuban's Funding Reality Show: 1,400-plus Responses—Two May Get Money Soon
paidContent — ... businesses on the theory "that if a business is profitable, or close to it, they are more likely to know how to use the capital to their advantage than a startup would be." (This helps get him closer to his goal of helping businesses grow and add employees but it would be good to see him either work with some pure startups or admit outright he isn't interested.) Twelve businesses got a closer look: two will get site visits and could be funded in less than two weeks from the time the original offer went live Feb. 9. Five are being evaluated and five have ...

Mark Cuban: Open source your venture funding
The Open Road — ... While some entrepreneurs seek to protect their ideas with non-disclosure agreements, investor Mark Cuban has a different idea: open source your business plan. ...

Mark Cuban Finalizes Investment In NAKEDPizza, Orders A Slice Of Expansion
TechCrunch — ... Apart from the interesting concept behind NAKEDpizza and its bold expansion plans, the way the company got Cuban to back them is interesting. It’s the first company to attract funding from the man after his self-proclaimed Mark Cuban Stimulus Plan, which he refers to as an open source funding environment (click the link for the full explanation). Here’s what convinced him to invest in NAKEDpizza: ...