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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Money Mavericks -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One Getting Ready for Holte Capital -- Chapter 1: Becoming a Hedgie -- Chapter 2: Taking the Plunge -- Chapter 3: Starting a Hedge Fund -- Chapter 4: On the Road -- Chapter 5: Limping to Launch -- Part Two Becoming the Real Deal -- Chapter 6: Mickey Mouse Fund -- Chapter 7: Breaking Through -- Chapter 8: Scaling Up and Meeting the Godfather -- Chapter 9: The Real Deal -- Chapter 10: Being Corporate -- Chapter 11: Activist Investor -- Chapter 12: A Day in the Life -- Part Three On the Front Line -- Chapter 13: Getting Fully Examined -- Chapter 14: Blood in the Streets -- Chapter 15: Edge -- Chapter 16: Made It? …”

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