Goodbye Gordon Gekko: How to Find Your Fortune Without Losing Your Soul is a guidebook showing how the best manifestations of ambition, entrepreneurship and mentoring can lead to a life that fulfills more than financial obligations and leaves a legacy to which others can aspire.  Gordon Gekko of the film Wall Street has become a symbol in popular culture for unrestrained greed (with the signature line, "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good"), often in fields outside corporate finance. This book is the antidote. It will use what Scaramucci has learned to guide Americans – to not only avoid the kind of crisis that briefly crippled the U.S. economy but to build a core set of values that will allow them to find wealth on their own terms. His solution lies in understanding people, capital, and culture – and being able to use that knowledge to enrich your life, financially as well as spiritually. What does that mean practically? It means developing the capacity to bounce back from failure in the true spirit of entrepreneurship, building a circle of competence made of those you trust; and mentoring others and becoming part of their circle. It means seeing capitalism as an art and businesses as creations and vocations and not simply as levers to feeding self-esteem.

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BY ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI, MANAGING PARTNER OF SKYBRIDGE CAPITAL

This year’s World Economic Forum Annual Meeting kicked off with a much more optimistic feel than the last, which took place during the continuing deep uncertainty of the credit crisis. But that is not saying much. The mood remains dark, as reflected in the conference’s overarching themes so far.

The talk has been all about how to heal the financial crisis in the West, address the issue of systemic market risk, the low-to-no economic growth, continuing high unemployment figures and, in general, a discontent with the current political environment.

Still, maybe there is some good news in all of these sober views from world leaders, bankers, industry leaders and the like. As one speaker noted "typically the consensus here is wrong, so for this, there is a reason to be optimistic and most of the speakers are dour."

I’m an optimist. And for me, the important takeaways from day one...

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BY SCOTT PRINCE, MANAGING PARTNER OF SKYBRIDGE CAPITAL

"The best of times, the worst of times" means one thing to an English major and something else entirely to a manager entering the roiled waters of today's alternative asset market. Without a doubt, this is no time for the faint-hearted. However, for those determined to put money to work in today's market—whether a new or seasoned manager—the rules of the road have decidedly changed. The once familiar alternatives terrain has been recast in ways that seek to redefine the manner in which hedge funds have long operated. The new roadmap for running a hedge fund looks very different in a variety of critical areas.

The Environment. Today's challenging environment for hedge funds is different from previous economic setbacks in many, but not all, ways. While this financial crisis has outlasted any other in the memories of most active managers, impacting everything from regulatory oversight to fund structure, investor behavior has remained as predictable as ever … 

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