John Wood was a senior Microsoft director but in 1999 he decided to throw in the corporate towel and founded a charity called Room To Read, which has since built 200 schools, established 3000 libraries and donated 1.2 million books to children all over Asia. This is his truly remarkable story.
In 1998 John Wood was a rising executive at Microsoft. Then a trip to Nepal inspired him to change the world, one book and one child at a time. Having seen at first hand the lack of books in the schools, coupled with a burning desire to read, Wood decided to help.
Fuelled by the same drive that made him so successful at Microsoft, Wood used the business practices he had learned to create Room to Read, a stunningly effective charitable organization that has seen phenomenal growth and is now helping a million children in Asia.
In this book, Wood chronicles his life and work, from the start-up years at Microsoft, to his life-changing decision to leave, and includes the methods he uses to manage Room to Read with ‘the efficiency of General Electric and the compassion of Mother Teresa.’ Wood’s story is an instructive primer on creating success on your own terms, and an inspiration for changing the world.
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‘John’s story is a spellbinding tale of transformation... one-third business saga, one-third world travelogue, and one-third human drama – a 100% great book...’ Marc Andreessen, Cofounder, Netscape Communications
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Book Description tapa dura. Condition: Bien. Leaving Microsoft to change the world : an entrepreneur's odyssey to educate the world's children Collins. London. 2006. 23 cm. vi, 266 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. Includes index. Contents 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 . ISBN: 0007248520; 9780007248520 (=2907973=) LH216. Seller Inventory # 2907973