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Mark Cuban's teenage son kept showing him get-rich-quick videos. Dropshipping. Shoe drops. A pressure washer business for sidewalks. Cuban's answer: "If those were good businesses, they wouldn't be telling you about them." He told Steven Bartlett the algorithm feeds you more of whatever you watch, so the schemes just keep coming. Same with markets: "Nobody who has an edge in the stock market is selling it. They're using it." What he says works instead: 1. Learn the new thing before everyone else. When PCs were new, he stayed in the store overnight reading software manuals. Now he says the same about AI: "There's the creator and everybody else is tied for second." 2. Get great at one thing. "Once you're great at something, doors open up wide." 3. You don't have to raise money. His first company was profitable every single month for 8 years, then sold for $5 million. In the video below, he tells Bartlett about the videos his son showed him. Listen for what he says about people selling stock market secrets. Try this: next time an ad promises easy money, ask who's actually making money from it. Here's the lesson. People with a real edge don't sell it. They use it. Save this for the next time someone pitches you a course. What's the worst get-rich-quick pitch you've ever seen? I break down one lesson like this from a billionaire every day.