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[dmarlow]

> Their investor, the Mark Cuban caricature, Russ Hanneman

I didn't know that's what they had intended. I never once thought that's what they were going for.

[elefanten → dmarlow]

1. The character made money selling "Radio on the Internet" -- Mark Cuban sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo for $5.7B in 1999.

2. The character recounts popping a boner when he saw his net worth cross 1B. There's some old Cuban video about watching his stock price while sitting in his boxers.

3. There's a bit in the show about the character showing both rows of teeth when he smiles. Cuban smiles like that.

[fotta → dmarlow]

Cuban also owns Three Commas[0] and Hanneman makes it very clear how proud he is of being in the "Three Comma Club" [1].

[0] https://threecommas.com

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzMUrB-Um1Y

[sharkweek → dmarlow]

I'm not sure if it was ever explicitly stated by the writers, but IIRC, Russ put "radio on the internet," while Mark Cuban first hit it big with broadcast.com.

I believe they based him off of Mark's big personality too, mocking things like "three commas" and investing in a bunch of stinkers over the last 20 years.

[sharadov → dmarlow]

I always thought Russ Hanneman was based on Sean Parker, he had an over the top flashy lifestyle.

[glennpratt → dmarlow]

I scratched my head too, but I forgot about this detail.

> Russ Hanneman is a multi-billionaire who claims to have "put radio on the internet".

[exdsq → dmarlow]

Yeah I thought it was just a bro-VC type person rather than anyone specific

[doggosphere → dmarlow]

Russ also made his money putting radio on the internet.