Amy Rees Anderson Releases “What Awesome Looks Like” With ForbesBooks
NEW YORK (January 29, 2019) — Today, CEO and angel investor, Amy Rees Anderson announced the publication of What Awesome Looks Like: How to Excel in Business and Life (available now). The book is published with ForbesBooks, the exclusive business book publishing imprint of Forbes.
In her book, Anderson chronicles her ascent from college dropout to angel investor taking readers through her journey of starting her first company to selling her last company for over $377 million and the steps she took to become a successful entrepreneur. She shares her successes and failures in an engaging way so readers can learn lessons that aren’t typically found in college textbooks and how to stay on track to achieve their goals.
What Awesome Looks Like: How to Excel in Business and Life is a guide for entrepreneurs, executives and employees with the desire to understand how they can excel in business, balance work and family life and find a purpose beyond the bottom line on the way to becoming successful leaders and business owners.
“For those considering entrepreneurship, I would say this: There is no guide to prepare a person for how hard they will have to work,” Anderson said. “Becoming an entrepreneur or business owner will force a person to learn and grow at such an unbelievable pace.”
What Awesome Looks Like is available on Amazon today.
About Amy Rees Anderson
Amy Rees Anderson is the managing partner of REES Capital, an angel investing firm. Prior to founding REES, Anderson was the CEO of MediConnect Global, a company she grew and sold for over $377 million. After selling MediConnect, Anderson founded the IPOP Foundation, a charity focused on promoting entrepreneurship as a pathway to self-reliance. Amy Rees Anderson is also an author and contributes regularly to The Huffington Post. She is an in-demand public speaker and lectures at several universities. She has earned numerous awards including the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award and in 2015, she received an honorary Ph.D.
About ForbesBooks
Launched in 2016 in partnership with Advantage Media Group, ForbesBooks is the exclusive business book publishing imprint of Forbes. Reaching more than 120 million people each month, Forbes is among the most respected names in business media. From the flagship magazine, with its 40 print editions in 70 countries and 28 languages, to Forbes.com and its 67 million unique monthly visitors, Forbes champions success worldwide. ForbesBooks offers business and thought leaders an innovative, speed-to-market publishing model and a suite of services designed to strategically and tactically support authors and promote their expertise. For more information, visit forbesbooks.com.
Media Contacts
Amy Rees Anderson, amy@reescapital.com
Courtney Morrill, cmorrill@advantageww.com
