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Mark Cubans most influentialjobwas selling garbage bags.

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He would buy the boxes for $3 each and sell them for $6.

I learned more about business from doing that than anything in my entire life, Cuban said.

Since then, Cuban has had many roles as a businessman.

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Here are some of the most valuable lessons hes learned that he wants topass down to aspiring entrepreneurs.

Create Your Own Way

Some of the best innovations come from a series of obstacles.

Instead of waiting until he was a senior, Cuban looked into night classes at a nearby college.

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Decades later after Cuban bought the Dallas Mavericks, Cuban ran into Winston at a game.

He became the first full-time analytics guy in the NBA.

We won so many games because of his lineups.

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You just never know how things are going to turn out, Cuban said.

Embrace Change

Cuban called AI one of the greatest tools ever created.

Instead, he urged them to embrace changing technology and use it to their advantage.

Every tool is a tool that gives you a competitive advantage.

You have no choice.

You have to know it.

Life is going to pass you by.

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