Mark Cuban credits his billionaire success to one frugal habit: living like a broke student for years after college

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Mark Cuban at the summer meeting of the National Governors Association at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on July 25, 2025.
Mark Cuban has said that living cheaply and avoiding lifestyle upgrades gave him the freedom to succeed.

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My son moved home because of the high cost of living and a low-paying, entry-level job. I never got to be an empty nester.

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The author's son moved home after college.

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I was lucky enough to land a full-time job before graduating from college. But I wasn't prepared for the real world.

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Morgan Rizzo holding up her college degree
The author graduated from college with a job.

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I landed a job at Goldman Sachs right out of college thanks to this unique twist to my résumé

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The author landed a job at Goldman Sachs with no experience.

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My daughter is studying abroad in Italy this semester. I didn't expect to be this panicked about the distance.

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Cheryl Maguire's daughter at the airport heading to Rome
The author's daughter is studying abroad in Rome.

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Inside the schools trying to break America's college obsession

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Students at Upton High School
Students at Upton High School

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When Sam Johnson said he didn't want to go to college after graduating from high school, his teachers didn't blink.

The 100 most useful ChatGPT prompts voted on by college students who visited OpenAI's lab

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The ChatGPT page on Apple's App Store being displayed on a phone screen in front of the OpenAI logo.
Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, said Meta tried to recruit his employees by offering them $100 million signing bonuses.

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I'm a principal at a high school that doesn't push college. Our model was a hard sell to parents — but it paid off.

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Joseph Samuelson
Joseph Samuelson, the principal of Upton High School, wants his students to be prepared for any path they take after graduation.

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I'm a first-year medical student at Stanford. From working on cadavers to 12-hour lecture days, this is what a week in my life is like.

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Brian Zhang in his scubs on stanford campus
The author is a med student at Stanford.

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AI has turned college exams into a 'wicked problem' with no obvious fix, researchers warn

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The author (not pictured) is a college professor at Pepperdine.

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