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Author Wood, John, 1964 January 29-

Title Leaving Microsoft to change the world : an entrepreneur's odyssey to educate the world's children / John Wood.

Publication Info. New York : Collins, 2006.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  370.9 WOOD    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  370.9 W85    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  370.913 WOO    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  370.9 WOO    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  370.9 WOOD    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  370.9173 WO    Check Shelf
Edition Advance reader's edition.
Description viii, 253 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Discovering Nepal; leaving Microsoft: "Perhaps, sir, you will someday come back with books" -- 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: Start-up years: Object in motion remains in motion -- Making the ask -- Expansion beyond Nepal -- Postcard from Nepal -- What every entrepreneur needs: Strong second-in-command -- September 11 -- Building "the Microsoft of nonprofits" -- Building the network -- Your life is a mess -- Hitting our stride: Putting girls in their place--school! -- "Count me in, Don" -- Students of Cambodia -- Network goes into overdrive -- Democracy in action in India -- Tsunami -- Millionth book -- Epilogue: Next chapter of my adult life -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Subject Education, Rural -- South Asia -- Case studies.
Education, Rural -- Southeast Asia -- Case studies.
Room to Read (Organization)
Wood, John, 1964 January 29-
ISBN 006112107X
9780061121074
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