Entrepreneur Mark Cuban discusses Clover & Sony's partnership to champion small businesses with the inaugural Clover x Shark Tank Summit in Vegas.
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00:00All right, we're here at South by Southwest with the one and only Mark Cuban.
00:02Mark, congratulations on the new announcement with Clover and Shark Tank.
00:05Tell us more about it.
00:06What should our viewers know?
00:08Clover is a great company for entrepreneurs.
00:10They're up and coming.
00:10And obviously, it's a great match with all the entrepreneurs
00:12coming on to Shark Tank.
00:14Everybody watches.
00:15So I'm excited.
00:16We have a bunch of different events that we're going to be doing together.
00:19So this is just the start.
00:20What can people expect for the upcoming conference just announced for September
00:23in Vegas, partnering the two brands?
00:24Well, you're going to have to get all the details of them.
00:26I know that we're all going to be there talking about,
00:29the integration of the two, and how supportive Clover
00:32is of entrepreneurs, and startups, and companies of all sizes.
00:37But it's going to be big.
00:38It's going to be fun.
00:39You've been in the game a long time, Mark.
00:40What are the biggest pain points you see for small business owners
00:43that you think Clover is uniquely addressing?
00:45I think dealing with the friction.
00:47Because starting a business, just trying to understand all,
00:50just going through all the details that you have to deal with.
00:54And it just makes it frustrating.
00:57And I think Clover does a really good job of trying to just smooth that.
01:01So as an entrepreneur, you can focus on starting your business.
01:04Mark, what's the biggest story in the world of business
01:06that you think we're not talking enough about right now?
01:09Believe it or not, artificial intelligence.
01:11I think there's going to be two types of companies.
01:12Those who are great at AI, and everybody else.
01:15I think Clover's a good tool to try to get the foundations right,
01:18so that you can focus on using AI for your business.
01:22But if you're in business and you don't understand AI and the impact,
01:28then you're going to lose out.
01:29Finally, Mark, for people watching at home,
01:30if you had $1,000 to invest right now, what would you do with it?
01:34That's a great question.
01:36Probably just a money market, because it's paying 4%, give or take.
01:40And there's so much uncertainty with tariffs and the markets and everything.
01:45Rather than stressing every night about what my investment's doing,
01:48I'd probably just put it in the money market.
01:49Mark Cuban, thanks a lot. Great to have you.
01:51Thanks for having me.