Classic 16: Billionaire Phil Knights' Book About Founding Nike

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Stig Brodersen

Investing, Education, Business

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🗓️ 7 June 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 0:40 - Who is Phil Knight? 7:16 - What is the story behind Nike? 13:38 - What led to Nike’s success? 31:24 - What made Phil Knight a billionaire? *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Read our free executive summary of the book, Shoe Dog. Phil Knight’s book: Shoe Dog – Read reviews of this book. Read the Intrinsic Value Assessment of Nike. Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors. Check out on favorite Apps and Services. New to the show? Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: SimpleMining Hardblock AnchorWatch Human Rights Foundation Unchained Vanta Shopify Onramp HELP US OUT! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! It takes less than 30 seconds and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it! Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

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0:00.0	You're listening to TIP.
0:03.0	In today's classic episode, the originally airbag July 2016, press the nigh are telling
0:08.2	the story of billionaire Phil Knight and how he founded Nike.
0:12.0	We do this by reading Phil Knight's own book, Shoe Dog.
0:14.7	A Shoe Dog is a person who devotes himself or herself wholly to the making, selling,
0:19.8	buying, or designing of shoes.
0:22.0	But this book is about so much more than shoes.
0:25.0	It's a story of a company that was close to bankruptcy.
0:28.2	The story of how Phil Knight signed to Yong, Mike Jordan, and created the Air Jordan
0:32.0	brand.
0:33.0	How the Nike Shoe logo was purchased for only $35 from a student of Portland State University
0:39.3	and about so much more.
0:42.0	This is a classic episode you don't want to miss out on.
0:45.7	We study billionaires and this is episode 97 of The Investors Podcast.
0:50.2	They'll read the books and summarize the lessons.
1:12.8	This is a book that we thoroughly enjoyed.
1:22.1	And we're excited to talk about this one because this just was released recently in April
1:26.8	of 2016 and it's by the billionaire Phil Knight.
1:32.1	So if you don't know who Phil Knight is, it's because Phil isn't really a guy that goes
1:37.0	around talking about his business or is just a really well-known billionaire, even though
1:44.0	his net worth is $28.1 billion.
1:47.9	For those of you out there that know who Phil Knight is, he's the founder of Nike.
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