Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (780 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01CRJA470 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 185 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Wally Bock said One of the Best Books about What It's Like to Run a Fast-Growing, Innovative Business. Most business memoirs are self-serving, boring, and poorly written. To put it bluntly, they are “crap between covers.” There are very few business memoirs that are even good, since most of them make the person writing the memoir seem like a business savant who always knew the right answers and knew things would come out right. Great business memoirs are different. They portr. MAGNIFICENT - One of my new favorite books WKB This book was recommended by Amazon and also made Bill Gates' best books of 2016. I purchased it in hopes of gaining insights from a successful business leader that I may apply in my professional life. While the book does a great job sharing the struggles behind building one of the most recognizable companies in human history, the real enjoyment of this memoir comes from the amazing lif. "Do yourself a favor and read this book" according to gg_Amz. Timeless wisdom, exceptional writing, laugh out loud moments, inspiration, and some heart breaking moments. Outstanding read. I read lots of business autobiographies and most are stories about how amazing they are, or they defend their business in some way, or how they just built their company 1, 2 ,Do yourself a favor and read this book Timeless wisdom, exceptional writing, laugh out loud moments, inspiration, and some heart breaking moments. Outstanding read. I read lots of business autobiographies and most are stories about how amazing they are, or they defend their business in some way, or how they just built their company 1, 2 ,3. They don't reveal the problems, the near death experiences, their personal vulnerabil. . They don't reveal the problems, the near death experiences, their personal vulnerabil
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 fifty dollars from his father and created a company with a simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost athletic shoes from Japan. Today, Nike's annual sales top $30 billion. 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.. 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. Selling the shoes from the trunk of his lime-green Plymouth Valiant, Knight grossed $8,000 his first year. Knight details the many risks and daunting setbacks that stood between him and his dream - along with his early triumphs. At 24, after backpacking around the world, he decided to take the unconventional path to start his own business - a busin