具体描述
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.
用户评价
##写得太感人了，一点架子也没有，发自内心，最后我看哭了
##“Because I honestly wished I could do it all over again.”
##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.”
##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.
##创业的部分就是另一本“创业维艰”。Phil Knight 在书里经常用到”He is my people”这句话，也就是他所说的有共同理想并愿意为之努力的“Shoe Dog”，到后半段觉得商业眼光判断很重要，识人更重要。被 Phil 四处差遣灭火和发展新业务的 Johnson，坐着轮椅照样搞定展销会的 Woodell，Nike 的成功的重要原因之一在于集结了这一群 Shoe Dog. 最后 Phil 说，他发现年轻人对时局很悲观，他承认大时代和运气很重要，非常重要。可是怎么也比二战后更好，机会更多，还是一句老话：越努力越幸运。
##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
##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.
##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."
##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