Billionaire Phil Knight: Starting Nike, Life and Shoes (2017)

An interview with billionaire and founder of Nike, Phil Knight. In this interview, Phil discusses how he got started in selling shoes and founding Blue Ribbon Sports then Nike. Phil also talks about what he has learned along the way, such as leadership skills and forming deep relationships. 📚 Books by Phil Knight are located at the bottom of the description❗

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Video Segments:
0:00 Introduction
1:20 Did you ever imagine your company would grow this big?
2:28 Product v Marketing?
2:43 Your skill set?
3:17 What is a Shoe Dog?
4:04 Your father would not hire you?
4:26 Were you a superstar athlete?
4:48 Would you rather build Nike or run a 3:56 mile?
5:17 Stanford business school and entrepreneurship
6:37 Becoming an accountant
7:18 Trip around the world
7:32 Visiting a shoe manufacturer in Japan
7:51 Blue Ribbon
8:30 Nike logo
9:13 Did you design the shoes yourself?
9:53 Do better shoes make you run faster?
10:26 The competition
10:47 ADVERT
11:26 Getting professionals to wear your shoes?
12:01 How hard is to get them to wear your shoes?
12:35 Do you care about your athletes image?
13:55 Signing Tiger Woods
14:31 Getting out of the golf business
14:58 Making casual wear
15:40 Signing Michael Jordan
16:53 Why are the Jordan’s still so popular?
17:28 ADVERT
18:03 When did you start giving your money away?
18:46 Why were you so generous to your alma mater?
19:42 When you give 400 million away, do you use a cheque?
20:20 Memorising your son
20:32 What do you still want to accomplish?
20:56 Your wife
21:07 Unrealistic to make shoes in the US?
21:31 How did you avoid injuries when running?
22:08 What athletes are role models?
23:01 The high point of your career?
23:20 What makes a great leader?
23:59 Why do you always wear sunglasses?

Phil Knight Books 🇺🇸📈 (affiliate link)
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE:http://bit.ly/ShoeDogPK

Interview Date: 28th June, 2017
Event: The David Rubenstein Show
Original Image Source:http://bit.ly/PKnightPic1

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