The Ten Roads to Riches: The Ways the Wealthy Got There (And How You Can Too!)

Rich

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In 2000, he cofounded 2929

Entertainment-a

media holding

company

-and

he's chairman of

HDNet,

a high-definition cable

station. In 2007, he joined the cast of

Dancing with the

Stars-a

real-

ity show pairing D-list celebrities with professional ballroom danc-

ers for a weekly dance battle.

This

qualifies him as talent as much

as

other

celebrities who've appeared on the show. (Though he's

a bit of a cheater. At one point, he made a living as a disco-dance

instructor.)

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My editor feared I sounded too mean-spirited in describing

Cuban-particu

larly my last few sentences that don't make him

sound like a great ta

lent-and

that you wouldn't like that. And it's

true-I

really haven't said anything really laudatory about him.

Well,

I'm

pretty sure it's the other way around and that I haven't

said anything sufficiently nasty about Cuban to make him really like

it.

For

him to love it, I'd have to rag on him pretty heavily. And I

like him. Ok, Mark, this is just for you: You're a dirty rotten blah,

blah, blah. Feel better?

For

the rest of you readers, my point is that

if you've made a bundle as a mogul and you know how, you can go

from the

rich to the famous as a celebrity, just like

Mark

Cuban did.

THE

TALENT

SHOW

So how do you become a rock star,

NFL

pro, or Cameron Diaz?

Thi

s road's journey starts young. If you're past age 15 and starting

football, you won't ever go pro. Sorry. For acting maybe you can

start a bit lat ...