{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5a481aca95dfbf9d13d4dc6f/5ce223a42811687d67cd0134?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"181: The Time I Met Mark Cuban","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5a481aca95dfbf9d13d4dc6f/1558324114498-5508a0556c31a04eea5c075685feba3b.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>My book, <a href=\"http://joshuaspodek.com/initiative\" target=\"_blank\">Initiative</a>, launches in two days.</p><p>In it I start by describing how <em>Shark Tank</em>, other media, and other parts of our culture that claim to promote entrepreneurship actually discourage it.</p><p>A few months ago, I met Mark Cuban, one of <em>Shark Tank</em>'s main figures, at NYU-Stern and saw him playing his <em>Shark Tank</em> role with students presenting.</p><p>I was impressed with Mark and initially with the format, but then things changed, which I describe in today's episode.</p>","author_name":"Joshua Spodek: Author, Speaker, Professor"}