Leaving Microsoft to change the world : an entrepreneur's odyssey to educate the world's children / John Wood. [print]
Material type: TextPublication details: New York, New York : HarperCollins Publishers, (c)2006.Description: vi, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780061121074
- 9780061179068
- 9780061121081
- LC5148.W876.L438 2006
- LC5148
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) | G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION | 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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