Based on the response I’ve gotten to my recent article “Three Myths About Starting Your Own Business,” many people have. They imagine having wealth like the founders of Google and Apple , so they can fly to their own chateaus on the French Riviera in a Gulfstream IV or maybe even a Boeing 737. They picture making it onto the Forbes Rich List and buying diamonds from Tiffany . What does it take to get that rich? Are billionaires completely different from you and me? My firm, the China Market Research Group, decided to see if we could answer those questions and if there were any secrets we could learn from them. Over the last five years we interviewed secretive real estate tycoons in China who own companies through proxies for fear of being too high-profile, Internet pioneers in the U.S. who party with rock stars, multigenerational conglomerate tycoons in India and retail heirs in Europe who hit the Alps to ski. In all, we interviewed about a dozen billionaires and several dozen people worth more than $100 million. We had fun doing it, too, from gambling at racetracks in Hong Kong to chomping on biscuits in Boston.

Think of something extraordinary that you can do for our society - our world. No matter how big it is - actually the bigger the better. Here are some innovations you could do that would be poised to go billionaire. - Invent an all new car - forget the form, the engine any thing and make it use renewable energy and climb through rough terrain. - Invent something that replaces electrical batteries but still can drive an engine of sort - Invent a better way than we have today to remove salt from salt water
- Invest in sugar production, soon Americans will recognize that their obesity is coming primary from corn starch - not from sugar. Since corn starch is used obesity has grown - and it is used only in the US and only the US has that alerting growth of obesity. - Find an alternative to wifi and allow global internet connection anywhere - absolutely anywhere. - You will find about a million more ideas - just pick one and make it happen. It is indeed that easy. At least that's what I did ;) The most delighting moment is when your wealth hits the 100 Million Mark. Then you know you get there any time!