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The Making of a Community – the Vail Way
The Making of a Community – the Vail Way
The Making of a Community – the Vail Way
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How do you build a community from scratch? What kind of people undertake building a world-class resort the scope of Vail, Colorado? What motivated them and what entrepreneurial principles did they call upon?

Not until The Making of a Community has the history of how it evolved from a business and organizational perspective been written. With a subtitle of The Vail Way, it describes how it happened in what way did the Vail Valley become so popular. More importantly, its a story of entrepreneurs who created something special out of nothing. Its the story of realizing a dream.
The book explores the motivations that drove the founders and those who have followed. Who were the people the leaders who helped bring it to fruition?

The Vail way is rooted in entrepreneurship. Its demonstrated regularly through the values, principles, and attitudes exhibited by entrepreneurs. Beyond vision, theres resilience, trust, focus, and teamwork. In the end, something extraordinary was built.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherXlibris US
Release dateOct 30, 2015
ISBN9781514415511
The Making of a Community – the Vail Way
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John Horan-Kates

John Horan-Kates has more than fifty years of experience in leadership roles in business, government, and nonprofit organizations. He was the founding president of the Vail Valley Foundation in the early ’80s working directly with former president Gerald R. Ford to establish several international events and programs. Later, he founded the Vail Leadership Institute, offering programs for emerging community leaders. In 1994, John was named Vail Valley Citizen of the Year. He earned an undergraduate business degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, was an honors graduate from the U.S. Naval Officer Candidate School, and received the Navy Commendation Medal for service in Vietnam aboard the USS Jennings County. He holds a certificate as a professional leadership coach from the Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara and is a graduate of the Living School at the Center for Action & Contemplation. His most recent book is a memoir titled A Journey toward Surrender.

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