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.
##謙遜平和 坦誠真切 “It’s never just business. It never will be. If it ever does become just business, that will mean that business is very bad.”
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##The cowards never started and the weak died along the way. Best memoir I've ever read by a businessman. Just unlike so many memoirs, it's focus on the beginning years of Nike, from 1962 to 1980, and have never weighted in the success of the company in the coming years. A must read book.
评分##看标题就觉得很美式 如果是中国的企业自传 那标题都很 …… 什么 九死一生 九败一胜 从绝望中寻找希望 = =
评分##its like reading a novel, but in a very genuine way, it makes me laugh and makes me cry.
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##Nike的创始人骨子里也是个好marketer,虽然他在书里拿没有任何理论支撑的广告营销开玩笑……书本身写的很诚恳,很真实,没有那种成功人士的傻逼劲儿
评分##看传记感受他人的精神面貌,弥补上班生活孤岛的状态。看完想买一双 pre montreal 跑鞋。
评分##写得太感人了,一点架子也没有,发自内心,最后我看哭了
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