Publisher's Synopsis
To be on the edge. Straddling that fine line between employing aggressive business practices and making split second judgments based on instincts. A select few are able to balance it day after day in order to taste the sweetness of success. One slight 'nudge' in the wrong direction could take you swirling backwards over the velvet ropes that separate those privileged champagne-sipping few, from the rest of the meek beer-guzzling wannabes. Our fascination with this world and the motivations of the people in it continues. Who hasn't dreamed of unlimited riches, the ability to do whatever you want? Yet Stephen Caputi's account also serves as a cautionary tale about where that road and those choices can take us. In any case, compelling reading for a modern audience. What people are saying: "Stephen Caputi opens up his heart and soul as he details his journey of betrayal that takes him from the back offices of some of the most spectacular international nightclubs to the bowels of the federal prison system. A dedicated business partner and loyal friend to Scott Rothstein, one of the most notorious Ponzi schemers in U.S. history, he is dragged from the pinnacle of his success to be served up as one of many sacrificial lambs that Rothstein managed to destroy. "A glimpse to the internal workings of a business empire and the minds of those who built them, Caputi provides a candid perspective on how calculating and corrupt a business partner might actually be behind closed doors. From the sands of Morocco to the concrete floor of a prison cage, this is a journey that any one of us might not be able to avoid if seduced by such a masterful manipulator who offers up morsels of grand fortune and gluttonous wealth." Rudy A. Mazzocchi, award-winning author of The EQUITY Series
