Phil Knight recounts building Blue Ribbon into Nike, from an early-morning run through Oregon that opens the book, through importing Onitsuka running shoes from Japan, scouting factories, and fighting through cash crises, lawsuits, and boardroom betrayals to grow the company.
Books mentioned in Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (4)
Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge: “I felt like Coleridge, writing "Kubla Khan" in an opium daze.”
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway: “Hemingway himself wrote most of A Moveable Feast while gazing at a statue of Marshal Ney, Napoléon's favorite commander.”
The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi: “famous for his portrayal of Miyamoto Musashi, the epic samurai duelist and author of a timeless manual on combat and inner strength, The Book of Five Rings”
The Godfather by Mario Puzo: “He was a shoe dog, for sure, but a shoe dog straight out of The Godfather.”