Shoe Dog

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In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company s early days as an intrepid start up and its evolution into one of the world s most iconic, game changing, and profitable brands.In 1962, fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed 50 from his father and created a company with a simple mission import high quality, low cost athletic shoes from Japan Selling the shoes from the trunk of his lime green Plymouth Valiant, Knight grossed 8,000 his first year Today, Nike s annual sales top 30 billion In an age of startups, Nike is the ne plus ultra of all startups, and the swoosh has become a revolutionary, globe spanning icon, one of the most ubiquitous and recognizable symbols in the world today.But Knight, the man behind the swoosh, has always remained a mystery Now, for the first time, in a memoir that is candid, humble, gutsy, and wry, he tells his story, beginning with his crossroads moment At 24, after backpacking around the world, he decided to take the unconventional path, to start his own business a business that would be dynamic, different.Knight details the many risks and daunting setbacks that stood between him and his dream along with his early triumphs Above all, he recalls the formative relationships with his first partners and employees, a ragtag group of misfits and seekers who became a tight knit band of brothers Together, harnessing the transcendent power of a shared mission, and a deep belief in the spirit of sport, they built a brand that changed everything. Free Read Books Shoe Dog By Phil Knight – kino-fada.fr This book made me cry Twice I did not know a book about what I had previously viewed as the definition of a big corporation could have that sort of power I was wrong Phil Knight had been an unfamiliar name to me before I picked up this memoir That, in itself, seems strange I mean, I had no idea he s from Portland, Oregon, or that, by trade, he s an accountant, or that he identifies as an introvert I didn t know he had met his wife while teaching at Portland State after leaving PWC to buy This book made me cry Twice I did not know a book about what I had previously viewed as the definition of ...I think Shoe Dog by Phil Knight is the best memoir I ve ever read by a business person.I consumed it in a day last week It s about the origin story of Nike, which started out as Blue Ribbon Sports.Unlike so many memoirs, it s not an equally balanced arc through Knight s life It s not an ego gratifying display of his awesomeness, heavily weighted in the success of the company and all the amazing things that went on around that Instead, it s a deep focus on th...Growing up in Chicago in the 1980s and 1990s, as a collective society we were in awe of Michael Jordan Not only did we imagine ourselves draining the decisive jump shot to seal the title, we also had to use every product that he endorsed Gatorade, Wheaties, Coca Cola, and, of course, Nike Air Jordan shoes Nike most likely would not be where it is today without the sponsorship of Jordan and subsequent Jordan Brands, so when I found out that the company s founder Phil Knight had written a memoi Growing up in Chicago in the 1980s and 1990s, as a collective society we were in awe of Michael Jordan Not only did we imagine ourselves draining the decisive jump shot to seal the title, we also had to use every product that he endorsed Gatorade, Wheaties, Coca Cola, and, of course, Nike Air Jordan shoes Nike most likely would not be where it is today without the sponsorship of Jordan and subsequent Jordan Brands, so when I found out that the company s founder Phil Knight had written a memoir, I had my curiosity whetted In Shoe Dog, Knight takes his readers on a journey back to the birth of company that today is one of the world s most noticeable name brands As a fan of Jordan and one who has used the term just do it in reference to getting the job done, I knew that this was a memoir that I had to discover for myself.In 1962, Phil Knight had what he calls a crazy idea He was about to finish his ...Shoe Dog could have been titled, Buck Naked , because of the way Phil Buck Knight bares his soul in this fine memoir I m grateful to Knight for putting it all down in black and white My 12 years with Nike started toward the end of the timeframe of this memoir, and so a lot of what Knight chronicles in Shoe Dog was the core of the Nike creation myth, revealed piecemeal to most of us in the late 70 s and early 80 s usually in the form of humorous anecdotes shared over a cocktail or three Shoe Dog could have been titled, Buck Naked , because of the way Phil Buck Knight bares his soul in this fine memoir I m grateful to Knight for putting it all down in black and white My 12 years with Nike started toward the end of the timeframe of this memoir, and so a lot of what Knight chronicles in Shoe Dog was the core of the Nike creation myth, revealed piecemeal to most of us in the late 70 s and early 80 s usually in the form of humorous anecdotes shared over a cocktail or three It s just wonderful to read this very personal account and especially to have so many unexpected revelations about Knight s state of mind during those seminal moments in Nike s early history During my tenure at Nike, Knight was a shy, almost bashful, and sometimes quixotic, character who came across as extremely bright, introspective, and prone to occasional, intractable reluctance I get it now Of the dozens of CEO s I ve met over these 30...Tiger Tiger1 2 Tiger3 100% 1964Let everyone else call your idea crazy. just keep going Don t stop Don t even think about stopping until you get there, and don t give much thought to where there is Whatever comes, just don t stopIn other words, Just Do It Nike is the ultimate American dream And it all started when a twenty four year old Oregonian suddenly had this Crazy Idea of bringing Japanese running shoes, specifically the Onitsuka Tigers, into the country way back in 1962, just less than two decades ...I d tell men and women in their midtwenties not to settle for a job or a profession or even a career Seek a calling Even if you don t know what that means, seek it If you re following your calling, the...I m not sure when I became aware of Nike maybe sometime around the millennium Certainly not before that I was therefore astounded to learn that the company had been founded in the early 1970 s, with the aim of producing and selling sports shoes In fact, the co founder and major driving force , Phil Knight, was a runner in college and his driving goal was to produce top class running shoes We first catch up with Phil, a native of Oregon, in the late 60 s when he d already secured an MBA at I m not sure when I became aware of Nike maybe sometime around the millennium Certainly not before that I was therefore astounded to learn that the company had been founded in the early 1970 s, with the aim of producing and selling sports shoes In fact, the co founder and major driving force , Phil Knight, was a runner in college and his driving goal was to produce top class running shoes We first catch up with Phil, a native of Oregon, in the late 60 s when he d already secured an MBA at Stanford and had decided to travel the world Off he went on his voyage of discovery and what a journey it was In listening to an audio version of this book I was pretty much captivated from the very start This wasn t at all the book I d anticipated ...Loved this book It was very inspiring to read Phil Knight s story of how he built one of the world s most successful companies It also inspired me to finish writing Underdog

Shoe Dog
  • English
  • 16 May 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 386 pages
  • 1501135910
  • Phil Knight
  • Shoe Dog