"The Mark Cuban Stimulus Plan"
On February 9, 2009, Cuban announced his own "stimulus plan", involving what he called "an open source exchange of ideas." His plan entails individuals posting ideas that fit certain criteria (breaking even within 60 days, profitability within 90 days, no advertising, certain banking controls for Cuban) in the hopes that either Cuban will fund them, or other individuals will take up the ideas thereby stimulating the economy.
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