Yale School of Management

Yale School of Management Alumni and
Colorado Yale Association present

An Evening Social Event:
Come for Appetizers, Drinks, Dinner & Socializing

"Extraordinary Living and Leading:
Designing a Remarkable Career Path"

Guest Presenters:

Gregg Vanourek, Yale SOM '00
Author, Life Entrepreneurs: Ordinary People Creating Extraordinary Lives
Founding Partner, New Mountain Ventures

Chris Young
Senior Associate Director of Alumni Career Services
Yale School of Management

Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Imperial Chinese Restaurant
431 South Broadway
Denver, CO
303.698.2800
6:30 p.m.

Evening Discussion Topics

Creating an extraordinary life of adventure, fulfillment, and service
Integrating work and life (and work/life balance)
Creating an extraordinary career path
Career stages and trends of Yale School of Management (SOM) alumni

About the Book
In Life Entrepreneurs: Ordinary People Creating Extraordinary Lives, entrepreneurs Christopher Gergen and Gregg Vanourek document how growing numbers of people are applying the principles of entrepreneurship to life itself. Today, people are increasingly rejecting past approaches to stable careers and lives constructed around safety, security, and status. Rather they are building their lives around purpose, connection, and impact using a distinctively entrepreneurial mindset. Drawing from interviews with fifty-five leading entrepreneurs worldwide, Life Entrepreneurs provides practical strategies for integrating life, work, and purpose. Entrepreneurs interviewed include Howard Schultz (Starbucks), John Hickenlooper (Mayor of Denver), Steve Ells (Chipotle), Bill George (Medtronic), Richard Tait (Cranium), Billy Shore (Share Our Strength), Mark Warner (former Governor of Virginia), Rob Glaser (RealNetworks), Cory Booker (Mayor of Newark), and Gary Erickson (Clif Bar). Yale alumni interviewed include Linda Mason (SOM, Bright Horizons), Seth Goldman (SOM, Honest Tea), Gov. Mark Warner (Yale Law), David Gray (YaleU, New America Foundation), and Jael Kampfe (YaleU, FourTimes Foundation). Additional interviews include a social entrepreneur turned rancher, a yoga instructor, a baker, a minister, a four-star general, and more.

Special Offering: Complimentary Individual Career Sessions
On Tuesday, August 5, Chris Young will also be available to conduct complimentary individual career sessions with Yale SOM alumni who might like to receive personalized advice on their careers. Chris can review resumes, help with career strategy or offer guidance from his many years in the recruiting and outplacement business. Please contact Chris directly at christopher.young@yale.edu in advance to reserve a one-hour slot.