{"product_id":"me-inc-aleem-dhanani-9781663276759","title":"Me Inc.","description":"Vanessa Browning has spent her life measuring money in repairs postponed, bills worried over, and sacrifices her mother never complained about until the day her future became an investment opportunity. \u003cp\u003e Brilliant, disciplined, and fiercely devoted to Elena, the widowed mother who raised her, Vanessa sees success as more than ambition. It is protection: for her mother, for herself, and for the family she hopes to build someday. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Then she meets Satish Dalal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Satish is the charismatic financier behind Paradise Ventures, a firm built on a radical belief: every generation expands the boundaries of capital. From land and natural resources to businesses, intellectual property, data, and artificial intelligence, each era has redefined what creates value. Paradise believes human potential could become the world's largest asset class. They call it Human Equity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Paradise does not invest in companies. It invests in people: funding, mentoring, connecting, and accelerating exceptional talent in exchange for a share of their future earnings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e To Vanessa, the offer feels miraculous. Paradise will place her before employers already eager to compete for her, help her choose among opportunities most graduates would fight just to interview for, open the doors to an elite MBA, and launch her into the upper ranks of Wall Street. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The contract is not a trap. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It is escape. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Escape from poverty. From uncertainty. From the fear that love alone will never be enough to give her mother the life she deserves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But as Vanessa rises, the cost of the bargain begins to reveal itself. Paradise was built on the belief that investing in people could unlock extraordinary human potential, not exploit it. Yet the same system that promises opportunity begins reaching into the most intimate corners of Vanessa's life: her marriage, her family, and the child she may not be free to have. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e What once looked like opportunity becomes obligation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e What once felt like mentorship begins to feel like ownership. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When human potential becomes an investment, where does mentorship end and ownership begin?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aleem Dhanani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1663276757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781663276759\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aleem Dhanani","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997844549887,"sku":"9781663276759","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/me-inc-aleem-dhanani-9781663276759","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}