TY - BOOK AU - Wood,John TI - Leaving Microsoft to change the world: an entrepreneur's odyssey to educate the world's children SN - 0007248520 (pbk.) U1 - 370.917340954 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 ER -