Mark Cuban built MicroSolutions by being the only person willing to read the technical manuals for Oracle and HP systems. He taught himself the software inside and out, then sold solutions competitors couldn't match. By 31, he'd made his first $2 to $3 million through pure hustle and self-education.
Mark Cuban, he actually got his first like $2 or $3 million of wealth when he was 31 because he started this thing called MicroSolutions, basically an IT agency. So like if a company was like implementing Oracle, he would help install it on everyone's computer and then teach people how to use it. He goes, the reason my company was successful wasn't because I necessarily was an expert on this stuff. I was the only one who read the fucking manual and I would just learn how does this HP computer work? And the next day I could go talk to a business owner and say, Yeah, we can install that thing. And that's all I did. And it was hard work and I stayed up all night reading these things. But that's how I became an expert in the stuff. I just read the manual, which no one does.
