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Leaving Microsoft to change the world :

006112107X

006117906X

9780061121074

9780061179068

b784330

Leaving Microsoft to change the world :

[Book]

an entrepreneur's odyssey to educate the world's children /

John Wood.

New York :

Collins,

©2006.

vi, 266 pages :

illustrations ;

24 cm

Includes index.

Discovering Nepal; leaving Microsoft -- "Perhaps, Sir, you will someday come back with books" -- An idea burns by candlelight -- You need to get home soon! -- Woody and John's excellent adventure -- Debating a radical change -- Lonely in a city of 12 million strangers -- Gates in China -- Walking away -- Starting over -- The start-up years: an object in motion remains in motion -- Making the ask -- Expansion beyond Nepal -- A postcard from Nepal -- What every entrepreneur needs: a strong second-in-command -- September 11 -- Building "the Microsoft of nonprofits" -- Building the network -- Your life is a mess -- Hitting our stride -- Putting girls in their place-school! -- "Count me in, Don" -- The students of Cambodia -- The network goes into overdrive -- Democracy in action in India -- The Tsunami -- The millionth book -- The next chapter of my adult life.

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A former Microsoft executive describes his profound change of perspective after a visit to Nepal and his creation of the non-profit program Room to Read, a network of schools and libraries throughout rural communities in Asia and Africa.

Wood, John,1964 January 29-

Wood, John,1964 January 29-

Room to Read (Organization)

Room to Read (Organisation)

Room to Read (Organization)

Room to Read (Organization)

Education, Rural-- South Asia, Case studies.

Education, Rural-- Southeast Asia, Case studies.

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Education, Rural-- South Asia, Case studies.

Education, Rural-- Southeast Asia, Case studies.

Education, Rural.

Entwicklungsorganisation

Grundbestand

Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit

Schulbibliothek

South Asia.

Southeast Asia.

Südasien

Südostasien

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