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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.
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##很慶幸在人生的這個階段讀到這本書。Phil常常提到來自童年時期以的insecurity, 以至於一次退休瞭的Phil和妻子在街上遇到瞭比爾蓋茨和巴菲特，假裝拉傢常的時候心裏還在想著自己的身傢跟這兩位比低瞭好多倍，心裏有點被intimidated到。同樣insecure的我讀到這裏會心一笑，緊接著又是一聲嘆息：“誒原來這缺乏安全感的毛病真是要伴隨終身瞭啊！”但願我能像Phill一樣，藉著這因為缺乏安全感而永遠unsettling的心，一直追隨所謂的calling。Don't stop.
評分##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.”
評分##看標題就覺得很美式 如果是中國的企業自傳 那標題都很 …… 什麼 九死一生 九敗一勝 從絕望中尋找希望 = =
評分##寫得太感人瞭，一點架子也沒有，發自內心，最後我看哭瞭
評分##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.”
評分##It's such a riveting read. After all the drama, Buck has shown what a true businessman should be - humble, genuine, enduring and tenacious. "You measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by you." It made me laugh, it made me cry and it made me realize that no matter what happens in life, they all shall pass.
評分##最有意思的地方是對團隊中那些misfits的描寫，尤其是Johnson，讓人想到矽榖裏的Jared：作者如此殘忍對待他，竟然還反以為傲，讓我反感。好的方麵來說，我也不住感慨有誌同道閤的夥伴一起創業，想必是最幸福的事。可故事有點失衡：有的細節絮絮叨叨，有的情節又一晃而過。此外，同樣是優秀的年輕人，Penny就沒機會創造自己的一片天，而是在傢帶孩子，讓我有點唏噓。最後，我對他absent father的形象耿耿於懷
評分##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.”
評分##有趣且誠實：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個關注Fujimoto, Phil從Onitsuka收買的間諜, 在東窗事發後下場如何的人...
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