Leaving Microsoft to change the world : an entrepreneur s odyssey to educate the world s children

Collins. 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