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Want to become a billionaire? Up your chances by dropping out of college, working at Goldman Sachs or joining Skull & Bones.

Are billionaires born or made? What are the common attributes among the uber-wealthy? Are there any true secrets of the self-made?
We get these questions a lot, and decided it was time to go beyond the broad answers of smarts, ambition and luck by sorting through our database of wealthy individuals in search of bona fide trends. We analyzed everything from the billionaires’ parents’ professions to where they went to school, their track records in the early stages of their careers and other experiences that may have put them on the path to extreme wealth.

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You can have that latte — and your cake — if you make smart spending choices

Like many people nowadays, Christopher Pollard is facing some tough financial challenges. For one, his fiancée recently got laid off. Still, they’re both excited about their coming European vacation.

How are they managing that luxury even in these difficult times? Pollard is choosy. A partner in a Minneapolis design studio, he’s creative when it comes to saving money. He takes advantage of discounts and deals, thinks about what he’s buying and why, itemizes expenses and talks with his fiancée and teenage daughter about their spending and his own. Read more…