內容簡介
內容簡介 【比爾蓋茲推薦書單:歷年書單】1.一個迷茫的無名小子,如何闖出全世界知名的NIKE?菲爾・奈特從小就愛跑,畢業後茫然地做過幾份工作,能讓他熱血的除了跑還是跑,他與大學田徑教練比爾・鮑爾曼,各拿500美金合開「藍帶體育用品公司」,找來一群和他一樣愛跑的瘋狂夥伴,攜手將運動精神傳遍世界。他的故事,是年輕人忠於自我、放膽打拚的典範。2. 最富有卻最低調的隱形企業家,首本親筆回憶錄隱身NIKE勾勾之後的世紀人物菲爾・奈特,首度現身幕前,毫無保留;讀者如親臨現場,看他起跑、竄起、跌跤、擺平競爭者(有時是被擺平);從中看見他的初心、感染他的勇氣,也學他永遠朝標竿直跑。3.一課品牌學:世界級品牌是怎麼創辦的?身為全球頂尖品牌,改變每個人對運動定義的Nike傳奇,始於菲爾・奈特就讀商學院時一篇名為〈日本運動鞋公司,可以像日本照相機挑戰德國相機那樣,挑戰德國運動鞋嗎?〉論文。NIKE品牌的建立,就是他一步步完成腦海中市場藍圖的過程。對每個創業者、經營者都是無價的一課。4從跑者變企業家,運動愛好者及業者必讀 曾是選手的菲爾・奈特,以不服輸的運動精神由日本運動鞋代理商→製造商→建立品牌→運動帝國,現在運動經營相關業者、跑者、運動員,鍛鍊心智必備。5.菲爾・奈特給每個人的禮物→人人都能得到啟發如果你是社會新鮮人,奈特領你壯遊世界、找到自己;如果你是小資創業者,他不藏私公開創業的方方面面(從選合夥人、找銀行貸款到取個響亮的名號,無所不談);如果你是代理 貿易商,他磨利你的眼光、挖掘人所未見的市場;如果你是廣告人 行銷人,他帶你看懂「什麼是好廣告」(史上最強廣告與代言人,就由NIKE定義);如果你是企業家,這是一堂億萬經營課;如果你正在找未來,看了他的故事,你會知道如何跑出自己的人生。◎ 全球23國讀者搶讀◎ 勇奪Amazon商業傳記類排行榜TOP1NIKE創辦人菲爾‧奈特唯一授權回憶錄,躲在勾勾背後的人,首度公開他的故事。24歲的瘋狂點子、向父親借50美元創業,成就了年收超過300億美元的企業王國。「就讓別人說我的想法瘋狂吧……繼續跑下去就對了!」他毫無保留地寫下,創業路上的初心及勇氣,最真實、深入的NIKE創業傳奇,首度解密!當菲爾.奈特從史丹佛商學院畢業,年紀輕輕的他仍在摸索自己的未來與出路。他向父親借了50美元,開了一家公司,公司只有一個簡單使命:從日本進口高貴不貴的跑步鞋。他開著自己那輛普利矛斯勇士車,將鞋子塞在後車廂,在美西一站又一站地推銷鞋子,1963年進帳了8,000美元,而今他創立的NIKE年營業額已突破300億美元。在新創公司林立的時代,NIKE這家全球最大體育用品製造商可謂創業人士的標竿。NIKE知名的勾勾(swoosh)不僅是個商標,也代表魅力與影響力,是少數在全球家喻戶曉的商標之一。但是這位勾勾背後的推手對外界而言一直是個謎。菲爾.奈特終於在這本讓人驚豔的回憶錄裡道出他的故事,全書筆觸低調、毫無保留、詼諧有趣、結構精巧。本書一開頭就很經典:奈特走到人生的十字路口。他當時24歲,背著行囊壯遊世界,苦思人生幾個大哉問,最後決定不循常軌,踏上一條只屬於自己的道路。他放棄在大公司任職,決定另闢蹊徑,打造一個全然屬於自己、充滿活力、與眾不同的事業。奈特在書中巨細靡遺道出一路上經歷的可怕風險、慘痛的挫敗、不留情的競爭對手。過程中數不清的人唱衰他、討厭他,還受銀行百般刁難,但他多次化險為夷,在關鍵時刻逆轉勝。最重要的是,他細數過程中建立的幾段深厚關係,這是NIKE的靈魂與精神的根基:他和暴躁易怒但充滿魅力的田徑教練比爾.鮑爾曼建立亦師亦友的情誼;和一群與社會格格不入、最懂鞋子的怪咖為伍,這些一起打天下的第一批員工沒多久都成了為勾勾癡狂的好兄弟。這群人齊心合作,實現了激勵人心的大膽願景,堅信運動有救贖與改造的力量,合力打造了一個改變全世界的新品牌、新文化。本中文書介出自《跑出全世界的人: Nike創辦人菲爾.奈特夢想路上的勇氣與初心》商業周刊出版In this instant and tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight “offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh” (Booklist, starred review), illuminating his 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.Bill Gates named Shoe Dog one of his five favorite books of 2016 and called it “an amazing tale, a refreshingly honest reminder of what the path to business success really looks like. It’s a messy, perilous, and chaotic journey, riddled with mistakes, endless struggles, and sacrifice. Phil Knight opens up in ways few CEOs are willing to do.”Fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed fifty dollars from his father and launched a company with one simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost running shoes from Japan. Selling the shoes from the trunk of his car in 1963, Knight grossed eight thousand dollars that first year. Today, Nike’s annual sales top $30 billion. In this age of start-ups, Knight’s Nike is the gold standard, and its swoosh is one of the few icons instantly recognized in every corner of the world.But Knight, the man behind the swoosh, has always been a mystery. In Shoe Dog, he tells his story at last. At twenty-four, Knight decides that rather than work for a big corporation, he will create something all his own, new, dynamic, different. He details the many risks he encountered, the crushing setbacks, the ruthless competitors and hostile bankers—as well as his many thrilling triumphs. Above all, he recalls the relationships that formed the heart and soul of Nike, with his former track coach, the irascible and charismatic Bill Bowerman, and with his first employees, a ragtag group of misfits and savants who quickly became a band of swoosh-crazed brothers.Together, harnessing the electrifying power of a bold vision and a shared belief in the transformative power of sports, they created a brand—and a culture—that changed everything."