TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wood,John
TI  - Leaving Microsoft to change the world: an entrepreneur's odyssey to educate the world's children 
SN  - 006112107X
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York
PB  - Collins
KW  - Wood, John,
KW  - Room to Read (Organization)
KW  - Education, Rural
KW  - South Asia
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Southeast Asia
N1  - 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 -- 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
N2  - 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
ER  -