New Book Hopping Over the Rabbit Hole Shows Entrepreneurs How to Pivot from Challenges, Setbacks and Failure to Achieve Success

NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- In Hopping over the Rabbit Hole: How Entrepreneurs Turn Failure into Success (John Wiley & Sons – to be published October 31), Anthony Scaramucci, founder of SkyBridge Capital, shows entrepreneurs how to thrive in an unpredictable business environment.

The book explains how to pivot from failure, adversity and plain old bad luck with lessons that include:

• Dealing with adversity and taking advantage of unforeseen events.
• How to find the right partners and build a winning team.
• Why it's better to speak up than to suck up.
• How to create and promote your personal and professional brand.

"What you will learn from Hopping over the Rabbit Hole is that SkyBridge was teetering and close to failing," says Peter Diamandis, founder and chairman of the X Prize Foundation and New York Times bestselling author, in his foreword to the book. "I often fear reading autobiographical books by entrepreneurs since most sanitize the facts, and forget their failures... You won't find any of that here. While the story hits rock bottom on a number of occasions, both the company and the culture never break—they bounce."

In the book, Scaramucci shares entrepreneurial lessons he learned the hard way. The book draws upon experiences that include founding SkyBridge in 2005 and leading it through the 2008-09 financial crisis to make it a global powerhouse with $12.3 billion in assets under management or advisement (as of July 31, 2016), as well as creating the SkyBridge Alternatives Conference (SALT), now one of the highest-profile events in the global alternative investment community.

"This book captures the essence of the Gladiator spirit with Anthony's own inspiring and profound story of reinventing his business after the financial crises to become the 2011 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year," says Tony Robbins, New York Times bestselling author, in his introduction to the book. "Anthony is an extraordinary example of what's possible when you won't tolerate failure or excuses within yourself or others involved in your mission."

Hopping over the Rabbit Hole, slated to be published October 31, can be pre-ordered from Amazon at: www.amazon.com/Hopping-over-Rabbit-Hole-Entrepreneurs/dp/1119116333/. Reviews from Mark Cuban, Arianna Huffington, General (Ret.) David Petraeus, T. Boone Pickens and Nassim Taleb are also available via the link.

About Anthony Scaramucci
Anthony Scaramucci is the founder of SkyBridge Capital (www.skybridgecapital.com), a global alternative investment firm with $12.3 billion in assets under management or advisement (as of July 31, 2016); founder of the SkyBridge Alternatives Conference (SALT: www.saltconference.com), one of the highest-profile events in the global alternative investment community; co-host of "Wall Street Week," a weekly primetime half-hour program on Fox Business Network; and host of "TMI (The Motivation Inside)," a weekly podcast that's also broadcast live on Periscope as "The Anthony Scaramucci Show."

Scaramucci is a frequent commentator and speaker and the author of three books: Hopping over the Rabbit Hole: How Entrepreneurs Turn Failure into Success (John Wiley & Sons, 2016), The Little Book of Hedge Funds: What You Need to Know About Hedge Funds but the Managers Won't Tell You (Wiley, 2012) and Goodbye Gordon Gekko: How to Find Your Fortune Without Losing Your Soul (Wiley, 2010). He's also a regular contributor to Fox Business Network and Fox News.

Prior to founding SkyBridge, Mr. Scaramucci co-founded investment partnership Oscar Capital Management, which was sold to Neuberger Berman, LLC in 2001. Upon Neuberger Berman's sale to Lehman Brothers, he served as a managing director in its Investment Management Division. Earlier, Mr. Scaramucci was a vice president in Private Wealth Management at Goldman Sachs & Co.

Mr. Scaramucci holds a B.A. in Economics from Tufts University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He is vice chair of the Kennedy Center Corporate Fund Board, a board member of The Brain Tumor Foundation and Business Executives for National Security (BENS), and a trustee of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Foundation. In 2016, Scaramucci was ranked #85 in Worth Magazine's Power 100: The 100 Most Powerful People in Global Finance, having made the list for three consecutive years. He is also a former member of the New York City Financial Services Advisory Committee (2007-2012). In 2011, Mr. Scaramucci received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year^® New York Award in the Financial Services category.

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