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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
006112107X
ISBN-13
9780061121074
eBay Product ID (ePID)
21038209191
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World : an Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children
Publication Year
2006
Subject
Rural, Asia / General, Nonprofit Organizations & Charities / Management & Leadership, General, Nonprofit Organizations & Charities / General, Literacy, Business
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Travel, Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Education, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
17.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-041601
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"In this captivating memoir....Wood provides recipes for how to succeed at operating nonprofit firms globally, regardless of local cultures." -- Library Journal "The bottom line is passion, and it seems the world is better off for John Wood having followed his." -- USA Today "One-third business saga, one-third world travelogue, and one-third human drama -- a 100% great book ...." -- Marc Andreessen, co-founder, Netscape Communications "Room to Read is one of the best long-term investments I have made." -- Don Valentine, founder, Sequoia Capital, early investor Apple, Electronic Arts, Google, Oracle, and Yahoo, One-third business saga, one-third world travelogue, and one-third human drama -- a 100% great book ...., The bottom line is passion, and it seems the world is better off for John Wood having followed his., In this captivating memoir....Wood provides recipes for how to succeed at operating nonprofit firms globally, regardless of local cultures.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
370.917340954
Synopsis
John Wood discovered his passion, his greatest success, and his life's worknot at business school or leading Microsoft's charge into Asia in the 1990sbut on a soul-searching trip to the Himalayas. Wood felt trapped between an all-consuming career and a desire to do something lasting and significant. Stressed from the demands of his job, he took a vacation trekking in Nepal because a friend had told him, "If you get high enough in the mountains, you can't hear Steve Ballmer yelling at you anymore." Instead of being the antidote to the rat race, that trip convinced John Wood to divert the boundless energy he was devoting to Microsoft into a cause that desperately needed to be addressed. While visiting a remote Nepalese school, Wood learned that the students had few books in their library. When he offered to run a book drive to provide the school with books, his idea was met with polite skepticism. After all, no matter how well-intentioned, why would a successful software executive take valuable time out of his life and gather books for an impoverished school? But John Wood did return to that school and with thousands of books bundled on the back of a yak. And at that moment, Wood made the decision to walk away from Microsoft and create Room to Readan organization that has donated more than 1.2 million books, established more than 2,600 libraries and 200 schools, and sent 1,700 girls to school on scholarshipultimately touching the lives of 875,000 children with the lifelong gift of education. Leaving Microsoft to Change the World chronicles John Wood's struggle to find a meaningful outlet for his managerial talents and entrepreneurial zeal. For every high-achiever who has ever wondered what life might be like giving back, Wood offers a vivid, emotional, and absorbing tale of how to take the lessons learned at a hard-charging company like Microsoft and apply them to one of the world's most pressing problems: the lack of basic literacy., Wood, the executive who made it his business to bring books and schools to children around the developing world, 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.", John Wood discovered his passion, his greatest success, and his life's worknot at business school or leading Microsoft's charge into Asia in the 1990sbut on a soul-searching trip to the Himalayas. Wood felt trapped between an all-consuming career and a desire to do something lasting and significant. Stressed from the demands of his job, he took a vacation trekking in Nepal because a friend had told him, "If you get high enough in the mountains, you can't hear Steve Ballmer yelling at you anymore." Instead of being the antidote to the rat race, that trip convinced John Wood to divert the boundless energy he was devoting to Microsoft into a cause that desperately needed to be addressed. While visiting a remote Nepalese school, Wood learned that the students had few books in their library. When he offered to run a book drive to provide the school with books, his idea was met with polite skepticism. After all, no matter how well-intentioned, why would a successful software executive take valuable time out of his life and gather books for an impoverished school? But John Wood did return to that school and with thousands of books bundled on the back of a yak. And at that moment, Wood made the decision to walk away from Microsoft and create Room to Readan organization that has donated more than 1.2 million books, established more than 2,600 libraries and 200 schools, and sent 1,700 girls to school on scholarshipultimately touching the lives of 875,000 children with the lifelong gift of education. "Leaving Microsoft to Change the World" chronicles John Wood's struggle to find a meaningful outlet for his managerial talents and entrepreneurial zeal. Forevery high-achiever who has ever wondered what life might be like giving back, Wood offers a vivid, emotional, and absorbing tale of how to take the lessons learned at a hard-charging company like Microsoft and apply them to one of the world's most pressing problems: the lack of basic literacy.
LC Classification Number
LC5148.S64W66 2006
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