If I remember this project by Mr Cuban was first noted by Seth Godin

Excellent Response to this Article it is a good read
Feb 17th 2009 12:11PM

The response has obviously been overwhelming. Its taken a lot of time, but I have gone through every post. More than 1,400 of them.

As is usually the case with any blog post, the vast majority of people don’t actually read the post before they write a response. So the vast majority were dismissed because they did not quality under the required terms.   Of those that did meet the requirements, I gave priority to those that were already operating.  My feeling is 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. There is more certainty in how they would use the funding and the results that could be gained from the investment.  After all, the idea is to try to help businesses grow and add employees.

As of this morning, I had requested more information from 12 businesses.  Of those, we have setup visits to see their operations for 2 of them. We are in the process of further evaluating another 5, and after receiving information from the other 5, we have decided not to pursue an investment. Mark Cuban

Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958) is an American billionaire entrepreneur.[1] He is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, an NBA basketball team,[2] and Chairman of HDNet, an HDTV cable network.[3]

I am Retired and if I were A little younger I might Submit and Idea I like people  who give back-

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