Cuban On Trump



It would take a gun to this correspondent's head to get me to watch either Donald Trump's "The Apprentice" or Mark Cuban's Jenga-fest "The Benefactor", but check out these comments from the oft-fined Dallas Mavericks owner in yesterday's USA Today.

Q: Would you say that Donald Trump lives by the "no balls, no babies" philosophy?

A: It certainly doesn't apply to Mr. Trump. He is part of the lucky sperm club. His father was very successful, and to Mr. Trump's credit, he was smart enough to do deals built on the foundation his father built and to grow it into a bigger organization. He has had his back up against the wall with debt, but I'm not sure he has ever faced the risk of starting a business purely with sweat equity. The concept of "no balls, no babies" is that you are starting a business with nothing. If the business fails, you go home with nothing. Any entrepreneur without outside capital and who had to hustle to stay alive knows exactly what I am talking about.

Posted: Tue - September 21, 2004 at 02:01 AM      

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