Book · recommended on 4 episodes
Shoe Dog
Phil Knight ISBN 9781534415201
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Phil Knight ISBN 9781534415201
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This book by Phil Knight has come up 4 times on Tim Ferriss. 4 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Bill Gurley, Bobby Hundreds, Grant Hackett, Harley Finkelstein. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-12-16 and the most recent from 2023-05-17. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
"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.
“Phil Knights shoe dog right is a great kids in Street where love that book”— Bobby Hundreds
The guest here is Bobby Hundreds: Artist, designer, and storyteller; co-founder and chief creative officer of streetwear brand The Hundreds, and author of 'This Is Not a T-Shirt' and 'NFTs Are a Scam / NFTs Are the Future.'. Streetwear founder Bobby Hundreds tells Tim Ferriss how community, scarcity, and collaboration built The Hundreds into a lasting brand.
“I would mention Shoe Dog. ... it's good to see the tenacity you need. This is the Phil Knight Nike book, but the tenacity you need to make it is high.”— Bill Gurley
The guest here is Bill Gurley: General partner at Benchmark for 20+ years (eBay, Uber, OpenTable, GrubHub, Stitch Fix, Zillow); former top-ranked Wall Street sell-side analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston; trustee at the Santa Fe Institute. Legendary VC Bill Gurley on mental models, network effects, the brutal valuation reset, open source as corporate strategy, and regulatory capture.
“There's one I'm reading at the moment that I'm really enjoying which is Phil Knight, Shoe Dog... that's definitely one that springs to mind. That's definitely definitely top of the list”— Grant Hackett
The guest here is Michael Phelps and Grant Hackett: Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian ever, with 28 medals (23 gold) and 39 world records. Grant Hackett is an Australian distance-freestyle champion who went unbeaten in the 1500m for 11 years, won 26 golds across major championships, and is now CEO of an Australian investment firm. Swimming legends Michael Phelps and Grant Hackett on elite training, competitive drive, and their raw, mutual journey through depression and mental health.
“one of the best books i've read and i read it a couple years ago is shoe dog it's awesome for anyone who wants to who's building a company”— Harley Finkelstein
The guest here is Harley Finkelstein: Entrepreneur, lawyer, and Chief Operating Officer of Shopify, which he joined around 2010. He founded his first company at 17 while a student at McGill and is an advisor to Felicis Ventures. Shopify COO Harley Finkelstein on building the entrepreneurship company, lessons from law school, the Build-A-Business competition, and the accelerated future of retail.
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