Starting a Hedge Fund: A Student's Journey into the World of High Finance" profiles the beginning of Daniel Jones' adventure where he transforms himself from a typical university student to a hedge fund manager. Not wanting to take the slow route that many managers opt for, Daniel pushes to start his fund while in college. This piece is an autobiographical account of this process and discusses the bumpy road that accompanies any start-up enterprise. Along the way, Daniel takes readers through not only the events that led him to set up his fund but also explores the nature of investing as he...