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Why New Mexico, and why door-to-door
Why New Mexico, and why door-to-door, when you left Portland with $500 in the bank and $500 in credit card debt?
New Mexico was because they were opening up the brand new office. The reason for door-to-door, he says, is that Mark Cuban, his biggest inspiration, has said that he did door-to-door when he was super young and suggested that everyone does door-to-door, and Michael agrees. He thinks everyone should do door-to-door because it is one of the most practical reasons: especially with the advancement and boom of AI, everyone needs to experience and learn the ability to have a conversation with people under pressure.
New Mexico was because we were opening up the brand new office, and the reason door-to-door is because I remember Mark Cuban, my biggest inspiration, said that he did door-to-door when he was super young, and he suggested that everyone does door-to-door, and I agree. Everyone should do door-to-door because it is one of the most practical reasons, especially with the advancement and boom of AI, everyone needs to experience and learn the ability to have a conversation with people under pressure.
Source: Round 6, question 1. Michael McCraw, voice transcript relayed by Gideon, Nov 14, 2026, 3:57 PM MT. Mark Cuban is named as an inspiration only. This is not a claim of a personal connection or an endorsement. Lightly cleaned for transcription stumbles; meaning unchanged. Pages on this site use only his interview answers or other verified sources. Nothing here is invented.
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Why New Mexico, and why door-to-door, when you left Portland with $500 in the bank and $500 in credit card debt?
New Mexico was because we were opening up the brand new office, and the reason door-to-door is because I remember Mark Cuban, my biggest inspiration, said that he did door-to-door when he was super young, and he suggested that everyone does door-to-door, and I agree. Everyone should do door-to-door because it is one of the most practical reasons, especially with the advancement and boom of AI, everyone needs to experience and learn the ability to have a conversation with people under pressure.