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# Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE

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Discover Nike's inspiring rise from a $50 loan to global icon. This memoir offers an honest, humorous look at building a business from scratch and leaving a lasting mark.

Review: Shoe Dog - I was a little dubious when I saw so many 5 star reviews for this book here, but after reading this I have to say I wholeheartedly agree. This memoir by Phil Knight explores the travel adventures he went on after finishing college and the world view it gave him. It then looks at how he set up the business that eventually became Nike and how he battled adversity and his competitors to become one of the most respected global sports brands. Each chapter follows a year in the life of the founder and his business from the early 60's up until 1980. At the end it mentions briefly where the company is at at the time of writing to conclude things in a satisfying way, although I'd happily read a second part that continues on from where this book leaves off. His tenacity shines through on every page and I also developed a greater appreciation of Nike and their ethos as a business. After the Sweatshop scandal in the 90's I was a little hesitant about buying their products, but he touches upon this aspect of the business and the subsequent deeper understanding of what drives this company has made me see them in a new light. The writing is clear and engaging and he manages to tell a story in such a way that makes you want to keep turning the pages until the end and entertains whilst also imparting some business knowledge at the same time. This is invaluable for those starting a business and a damn good read for those of us who just enjoy a good memoir/autobiography. Highly recommended.
Review: A must read. Whether you are a shoe dog or not - I had heard of Phil Knight, but I didn’t know about Phil Knight. Anyone who knows me well will tell you I have an unexplainable attachment to the Adidas brand. In fact, I had to double check in disbelief but I truly don’t own anything from the Nike range in my wardrobe. That is why reading this book initially felt like a disloyalty in a major way. I had bought myself this copy a while back but I kept putting it further down my reading list, until I eventually succumbed to all the good reviews I read about it. Now I know a book is awesome when I feel the need to take it with me to the toilet seat. This particular one debuted as early as the first chapter. I was engrossed. Reading books by self-made milli or billionaires can sometimes be daunting. Sometimes they get so caught up in the me, me, me moments that it becomes difficult to read through the pages without rolling your eyes and silently thinking to yourself, ‘get over yourself already’. Not this one though. I could relate to this man. Right from the start, I appreciated how human Phil Knight was. A sell for me is always a book where the author allows themselves to be vulnerable. Phil Knight just laid it all out, from 1962 to 1980, he tells the story of not only the making of the brand, but the making of the man too. He tells you how he succumbed to using the Nike name (suggested by one of his eccentric employees, Jeff Johnson) because they had run out of time and a name had to go on the shoe. If it were up to him that brand would today be knows as Dimension Six. 🤦🏽‍♀️ Nike is the Greek goddess of victory so in a way the name embodied everything that Phil Knight was striving for. In 1972, he begrudgingly accepted the name and told himself it would grow on him. Until this point Phil Knight owned a company known as Blue Ribbon which acted as a distributor for Japanese based Onitsuka Tiger Company (today known as Asics). He had however had a fallout with Mr. Onitsuka and there was an urgent need to rebrand. Another thing that makes you warm up to Phil Knight in his book is how he seemed mostly in favor of the underdog. His employees were not the typical (or even athletic) type of people you would pick for the kind of dream he had, but they had one thing in common, each one of them was a Shoe Dog. Phil Knight openly admits to how in his quest to build an empire, he wasn’t the best of dads. He talks about his strained relationship with his son Matt who died while scuba diving in May 2004 and that part just moved me to tears. He talks about fall outs with close friends and partners, espionage, the backlash from competitors, near bankruptcy, he even admits to writing off Magic Johnson and calling him the player with no position that would never make it in the NBA. He talks about the kind or relationship he has with Tiger and why to this day he will hear no ill word spoken of him. He even briefly talks about what became known as the sweatshop controversy. This could easily have been a fairytale but it is an honest, entertaining memoir that every book lover must read. My only question perhaps is why he makes no mention of his daughter anywhere in his memoir and even the internet seems to have very little detail about her. At this point I figure I am a little sold to the idea of owning my first pair of Nike shoes. Cortez perhaps?🤔🤔🤔

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 2,165 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 3 in Fashion & Style (Books) 6 in Business Biographies & Memoirs (Books) 10 in Starting a Business |
| Customer reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (61,740) |
| Dimensions  | 13 x 2.4 x 19.8 cm |
| Edition  | 1st |
| ISBN-10  | 1471146723 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1471146725 |
| Item weight  | 276 g |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 400 pages |
| Publication date  | 3 May 2018 |
| Publisher  | Simon & Schuster UK |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Shoe Dog
*by S***O on 28 August 2018*

I was a little dubious when I saw so many 5 star reviews for this book here, but after reading this I have to say I wholeheartedly agree. This memoir by Phil Knight explores the travel adventures he went on after finishing college and the world view it gave him. It then looks at how he set up the business that eventually became Nike and how he battled adversity and his competitors to become one of the most respected global sports brands. Each chapter follows a year in the life of the founder and his business from the early 60's up until 1980. At the end it mentions briefly where the company is at at the time of writing to conclude things in a satisfying way, although I'd happily read a second part that continues on from where this book leaves off. His tenacity shines through on every page and I also developed a greater appreciation of Nike and their ethos as a business. After the Sweatshop scandal in the 90's I was a little hesitant about buying their products, but he touches upon this aspect of the business and the subsequent deeper understanding of what drives this company has made me see them in a new light. The writing is clear and engaging and he manages to tell a story in such a way that makes you want to keep turning the pages until the end and entertains whilst also imparting some business knowledge at the same time. This is invaluable for those starting a business and a damn good read for those of us who just enjoy a good memoir/autobiography. Highly recommended.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A must read. Whether you are a shoe dog or not
*by M***E on 8 December 2019*

I had heard of Phil Knight, but I didn’t know about Phil Knight. Anyone who knows me well will tell you I have an unexplainable attachment to the Adidas brand. In fact, I had to double check in disbelief but I truly don’t own anything from the Nike range in my wardrobe. That is why reading this book initially felt like a disloyalty in a major way. I had bought myself this copy a while back but I kept putting it further down my reading list, until I eventually succumbed to all the good reviews I read about it. Now I know a book is awesome when I feel the need to take it with me to the toilet seat. This particular one debuted as early as the first chapter. I was engrossed. Reading books by self-made milli or billionaires can sometimes be daunting. Sometimes they get so caught up in the me, me, me moments that it becomes difficult to read through the pages without rolling your eyes and silently thinking to yourself, ‘get over yourself already’. Not this one though. I could relate to this man. Right from the start, I appreciated how human Phil Knight was. A sell for me is always a book where the author allows themselves to be vulnerable. Phil Knight just laid it all out, from 1962 to 1980, he tells the story of not only the making of the brand, but the making of the man too. He tells you how he succumbed to using the Nike name (suggested by one of his eccentric employees, Jeff Johnson) because they had run out of time and a name had to go on the shoe. If it were up to him that brand would today be knows as Dimension Six. 🤦🏽‍♀️ Nike is the Greek goddess of victory so in a way the name embodied everything that Phil Knight was striving for. In 1972, he begrudgingly accepted the name and told himself it would grow on him. Until this point Phil Knight owned a company known as Blue Ribbon which acted as a distributor for Japanese based Onitsuka Tiger Company (today known as Asics). He had however had a fallout with Mr. Onitsuka and there was an urgent need to rebrand. Another thing that makes you warm up to Phil Knight in his book is how he seemed mostly in favor of the underdog. His employees were not the typical (or even athletic) type of people you would pick for the kind of dream he had, but they had one thing in common, each one of them was a Shoe Dog. Phil Knight openly admits to how in his quest to build an empire, he wasn’t the best of dads. He talks about his strained relationship with his son Matt who died while scuba diving in May 2004 and that part just moved me to tears. He talks about fall outs with close friends and partners, espionage, the backlash from competitors, near bankruptcy, he even admits to writing off Magic Johnson and calling him the player with no position that would never make it in the NBA. He talks about the kind or relationship he has with Tiger and why to this day he will hear no ill word spoken of him. He even briefly talks about what became known as the sweatshop controversy. This could easily have been a fairytale but it is an honest, entertaining memoir that every book lover must read. My only question perhaps is why he makes no mention of his daughter anywhere in his memoir and even the internet seems to have very little detail about her. At this point I figure I am a little sold to the idea of owning my first pair of Nike shoes. Cortez perhaps?🤔🤔🤔

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Entertaining Read... Waiting for the next volumes !
*by O***. on 29 August 2016*

Well written and entertaining story about Nike from the beginning of Blue Ribbon until the IPO. 3 caveats - or reasons for sequels ?-: it would have been 1) more relevant to new generations & even more interesting if the book had also covered the more recent history of the company; 2) more instructing for business readers if the author had gone beyond the chronological description / anecdotes / "neo-Zen" cliches to reflect a bit more on the factors leading to Nike's success; 3) even better if the last chapter did not feel like too an artificial add on (story with Gates & Buffett for example) to an otherwise fascinating corporate and human adventure .

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