Leaving Microsoft to change the world : an entrepreneur`s odyssey to educate the world`s children /
Wood, John, 1964 January 29-,
Leaving Microsoft to change the world : an entrepreneur's odyssey to educate the world's children / John Wood. - vi, 278 pages, [16] pages of plates : 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 -- 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.
9780061121081 hadiah
Wood, John, 1964 January 29-
Room to Read (Organization).
Education, Rural--South Asia--Case studies.
Education, Rural--Southeast Asia--Case studies.
Leaving Microsoft to change the world : an entrepreneur's odyssey to educate the world's children / John Wood. - vi, 278 pages, [16] pages of plates : 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 -- 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.
9780061121081 hadiah
Wood, John, 1964 January 29-
Room to Read (Organization).
Education, Rural--South Asia--Case studies.
Education, Rural--Southeast Asia--Case studies.