Hope we get some more pix put up. If you find some old shots in your attic, you know what to do with them!!

Think 55th reunion...now that we are a “grand class’!!

Guys:

I’m never quite sure what’s kosher for this group list, but figured what the hell - I might as well let you know that this classmate has a new book coming out June 6th. It’s called Built for Growth: How Builder Personality Shapes Your Business, Your Team, and Your Ability to Win, and will be published as a lead title by Harvard Business Review Press. Written with my Princeton colleague, Chris Kuenne (no Deerfield alums were available), it focuses on the personality characteristics of highly successful entre- and intrapreneurs who have built enterprises of enduring value.

Instead of addressing the why, what and how of entrepreneurship, we decided to focus instead on the centerpiece of that endeavor: the who. Using the same personality-based clustering methodology Chris pioneered at Rosetta, we discovered there are 4 distinct personalities of new business builders: the Driver, Explorer, Crusader and Captain. [If you’re curious which type you are most alike, you can take our short Builder Personality Quiz on the book website.] Whether in a standalone startup or new venture inside an established company, each builds growth in very different ways – reflecting their differing motivation, decision-making, management and leadership styles.
 
Built for Growth is already an advance best seller on Amazon, and we’re delighted it’s a #1 New Release in “Strategy and Competition” and every other Amazon category we’re in (although I’ll be damned if I can figure out the logic of that particular algorithm). In any event, I’d be honored if you’d like to pre-order a copy of the book, which is available now at pre-publication discounts on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Thanks. In the meantime, I hope all is well across your various efforts.

John Danner ‘65
Senior Fellow
UC Berkeley-Haas School of Business

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Play the above YouTube Clip  for a "thrilling experience" in the Quid's own words (1964):

50th Reunion in just 2 years...save the date June 2015

 I have added several classmates' names to the "In Memory" option in the toolbar to the left.  Please review and follow the instructions given if you know of other classmates whom you know to have passed away since graduation.  God Bless them all and may they rest in peace.