25 Quotes From Nike Co-Founder Phil Knight To Help You Become a Better Entrepreneur
Phil Knight’s memoir “Shoe Dog” is a must-read for every entrepreneur
In the last part of his memoir “Shoe Dog”, Phil Knight shared his story of meeting Warren Buffett and Bill Gates at a party. Warren and Bill were celebrities — even back then. But not Phil.
He heard someone saying, “Look, Warren and Bill. But who’s that other guy they’re talking to?” Phil wasn’t ashamed to tell us people didn’t know him, though Nike was thriving. He had a net worth of $10 billion.
But money’s never a good measure. Neither being a celebrity the gauge to measure success.
In Shoe Dog, Phil Knight shared his story of building Nike. Nike didn’t start as Nike. When Phil went to Onitsuka, a Japanese shoemaker, he pitched them to import shoes to the United States in favor of his company the “Blue Ribbon”. He didn’t have any company named Blue Ribbon. Heck, he didn’t have any company back then.
But that didn’t stop him from doing what he wanted to do. Shoe Dog is his story and the story of “Blue Ribbon” becoming “Nike”. It wasn’t just about Nike, though.
Nike’s a brand. A brand is a business after all. And a business is more than a brand. People build a…
