Wood, John,  1964 January 29- <br/><br/>
Leaving Microsoft to change the world :  an entrepreneur's odyssey to educate the world's children / 
John Wood 
 - New York :  Collins,  c2006 
 - vi, 266 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/> Includes index 
<br/><br/>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 -- You life is a mess -- Hitting our stride -- Putting girls in the 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 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>006112107X 006117906X 9780061121074 9780061179068 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006041601 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Wood, John, 1964 January 29- 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Room to Read (Organization)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Education, Rural--South Asia--Case studies<br/>Education, Rural--Southeast Asia--Case studies