The Resource Shoe dog : a memoir by the creator of Nike, Phil Knight
Shoe dog : a memoir by the creator of Nike, Phil Knight
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- Summary
- 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. Its swoosh is more than a logo. A symbol of grace and greatness, it's one of the few icons instantly recognized in every corner of the world. It all begins with a classic crossroads moment. Twenty-four years old, backpacking through Asia and Europe and Africa, wrestling with life's Great Questions, Knight decides the unconventional path is the only one for him. Rather than work for a big corporation, he will create something all his own, something new, dynamic, different. Knight details the many terrifying risks he encountered along the way, the crushing setbacks, the ruthless competitors, the countless doubters and haters and hostile bankers. Above all, he recalls the foundational relationships that formed the heart and soul of Nike, with his former University of Oregon track coach, the irascible and charismatic Bill Bowerman, and with his first employees, a ragtag group of misfits and savants who quickly became a band of swoosh-crazed brothers. Together, harnessing the electrifying power of a bold vision and a shared belief in the redemptive, transformative power of sports, they created a brand, and a culture, that changed everything
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 386 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501135910
- Label
- Shoe dog : a memoir by the creator of Nike
- Title
- Shoe dog
- Title remainder
- a memoir by the creator of Nike
- Statement of responsibility
- Phil Knight
- Subject
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- trueSneakers
- trueImport export business
- trueEntrepreneurs -- Biography
- Knight, Philip H, 1938-
- trueBusiness and economics -- Industries | Retail products and services
- SPORTS & RECREATION / Running & Jogging
- trueEntrepreneurship
- trueAthletic shoes
- trueBusiness
- trueShoe industry and trade
- Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography
- trueNike (Firm) -- History
- trueShoes
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- trueBusinesspeople -- Biography
- trueAthletic shoes -- History
- trueBusiness and economics -- Business leaders and entrepreneurs
- Autobiographies
- trueKnight, Philip H, 1938-
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business
- Sporting goods industry -- United States -- History
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- trueLife stories -- Business | Business leaders
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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. Its swoosh is more than a logo. A symbol of grace and greatness, it's one of the few icons instantly recognized in every corner of the world. It all begins with a classic crossroads moment. Twenty-four years old, backpacking through Asia and Europe and Africa, wrestling with life's Great Questions, Knight decides the unconventional path is the only one for him. Rather than work for a big corporation, he will create something all his own, something new, dynamic, different. Knight details the many terrifying risks he encountered along the way, the crushing setbacks, the ruthless competitors, the countless doubters and haters and hostile bankers. Above all, he recalls the foundational relationships that formed the heart and soul of Nike, with his former University of Oregon track coach, the irascible and charismatic Bill Bowerman, and with his first employees, a ragtag group of misfits and savants who quickly became a band of swoosh-crazed brothers. Together, harnessing the electrifying power of a bold vision and a shared belief in the redemptive, transformative power of sports, they created a brand, and a culture, that changed everything
- Summary
- The influential founder and CEO of Nike shares the inside story of the company's early days as an intrepid startup and its evolution to one of the world's most iconic and profitable brands, offering insights into his own experiences as a young man who envisioned a company that would be run in atypical ways
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10481640
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1938-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Knight, Philip H.
- Dewey number
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- 338.7/68876092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HD9992.U52
- LC item number
- K555 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Knight, Philip H
- Nike (Firm)
- Businesspeople
- Sporting goods industry
- Athletic shoes
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business
- SPORTS & RECREATION / Running & Jogging
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a memoir by the creator of Nike
- Label
- Shoe dog : a memoir by the creator of Nike, Phil Knight
- Carrier category
- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20634363
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 386 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501135910
- Lccn
- 2016010080
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocn945804148
- Label
- Shoe dog : a memoir by the creator of Nike, Phil Knight
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20634363
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 386 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501135910
- Lccn
- 2016010080
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocn945804148
Subject
- trueAthletic shoes
- trueAthletic shoes -- History
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- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
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- trueImport export business
- Knight, Philip H, 1938-
- trueKnight, Philip H, 1938-
- trueLife stories -- Business | Business leaders
- trueNike
- trueNike (Firm) -- History
- SPORTS & RECREATION / Running & Jogging
- trueShoe industry and trade
- trueShoes
- trueSneakers
- Sporting goods industry -- United States -- History
Genre
- Autobiographies
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueBiography
- trueBusiness and economics
- trueLife stories
Included in
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Business
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Sports and Fitness
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