Leaving Microsoft to change the world : an entrepreneur's odyssey to educate the world's children / John Wood. [print]
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TextPublication details: New York, New York : HarperCollins Publishers, [(c)2006.Description: vi, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 006112107X
- 9780061121074
- 006117906X
- 9780061179068
- 0061121088
- 9780061121081
- LC5148.L438 2006
- LC5148.S64.W876.L438 2006
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| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) | G. Allen Fleece Library Circulating Collection - First Floor | Non-fiction | LC5148.W663.W653 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31923001720719 |
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Part 1: 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
Part 2: 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
Part 3: 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.
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.
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