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.
##酣畅淋漓!不只是鞋,更是奋力拼搏、永不止步的精神——这种mission driven的文化,把团队每个人的才华和个性发挥到极致的用人智慧,一次次危机中的坚守和突破——作为一个几十年后听故事的人,数次热泪盈眶,激动不已。"...not to settle for a job or a profession or even a career. Seek a calling... If you're following your calling, the fatigue will be easier to bear, the disappointments will be fuel, the highs will be like nothing you've ever felt."
评分##its like reading a novel, but in a very genuine way, it makes me laugh and makes me cry.
评分##很庆幸在人生的这个阶段读到这本书。Phil常常提到来自童年时期以的insecurity, 以至于一次退休了的Phil和妻子在街上遇到了比尔盖茨和巴菲特,假装拉家常的时候心里还在想着自己的身家跟这两位比低了好多倍,心里有点被intimidated到。同样insecure的我读到这里会心一笑,紧接着又是一声叹息:“诶原来这缺乏安全感的毛病真是要伴随终身了啊!”但愿我能像Phill一样,借着这因为缺乏安全感而永远unsettling的心,一直追随所谓的calling。Don't stop.
评分耐克创始人回忆录,一群shoe dogs的坚持成就了今日的耐克。耐克前18年是跌宕起伏的18年,与鬼冢虎的恩恩怨怨,与银行的博弈现金流的枯竭,甚至遇到政治阻力,精彩纷呈。1962年,奈特先生去日本Kobe(神户)与鬼冢株式会社谈判代理Tiger牌运动鞋事宜,后来科比和老虎都成为耐克最具影响力的代言人,冥冥之中有天意
评分##在禅者的初心中铃木俊隆云:在初学者看来可能性极多,而在大师眼中寥寥无几。不由想到师傅常与我说的--拳打千遍自化,手眼身法步,精神气力功。人一辈子,能做好一件事,便极不易,而大多数人,本源便没有做好一件事的能力。奈特用一辈子做好了一双鞋,这双鞋的品牌价值高达300多亿美金,它叫耐克。奈特用耐克连接了无数体育运动爱好者的心,从普雷方丹到麦克乔丹,从老虎伍兹到第一次参加奥运会的中国体育健将们,鞋狗的心路历程,读来时而让人热血沸腾,时而令人潸然泪下,全书用一个词来概括--切肤!奈特很早就发现,信仰让人无法抵抗,他坚定地信仰,能创造一款让人们舒适地跑几公里的鞋子,会让这个世界变得更加美好。他把运动鞋的运动功能发展成了日常生活和时尚功能。简单的“诚实”在企业运作中起到了巨大的作用,也数次让企业化险为夷。
评分##有趣且诚实:Luck plays a big role. Hard work is critical, a good team is essential, brains and determination ave invaluable, but luck may decide the outcome. 不知道我是不是唯一一个关注Fujimoto, Phil从Onitsuka收买的间谍, 在东窗事发后下场如何的人...
评分##酣畅淋漓!不只是鞋,更是奋力拼搏、永不止步的精神——这种mission driven的文化,把团队每个人的才华和个性发挥到极致的用人智慧,一次次危机中的坚守和突破——作为一个几十年后听故事的人,数次热泪盈眶,激动不已。"...not to settle for a job or a profession or even a career. Seek a calling... If you're following your calling, the fatigue will be easier to bear, the disappointments will be fuel, the highs will be like nothing you've ever felt."
评分##20160609-20160708。本书只是讲了耐克草创时期的人和事。他害羞内向的性格,他无限热爱的事业,他的志同道合的朋友们,他的感情史,他面对竞争对手的害怕和绝地反击。作者一直说他害羞,其实书中不乏笑点,想必也是一个闷骚男。
评分##有趣且诚实:Luck plays a big role. Hard work is critical, a good team is essential, brains and determination ave invaluable, but luck may decide the outcome. 不知道我是不是唯一一个关注Fujimoto, Phil从Onitsuka收买的间谍, 在东窗事发后下场如何的人...
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