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The $100 MBA Show

MBA765 Must Read: Shoe Dog by Phil Knight

The $100 MBA Show

Omar Zenhom

Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2016

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

It's Monday, and we've got a top-shelf must-read for all the budding entrepreneurs out there. Shoe Dog is the autobiography of Phil Knight, founder of Nike. Today, Nike is arguably the most successful sporting goods producer worldwide- but it didn't get there without a lot of struggle, perseverance, and a little controversy. Knight tells the tale in an incredibly engaging way, making this one of our all-time favorite books on business. You're gonna love it, too. Click play!

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0:00.0

Heyo! Welcome to the $100 M. B. Show the place they go when you want to be in the know when it comes to business building

0:16.6

lessons every single day with our daily 10 minute business lessons for the real world.

0:22.1

I'm your host, your coach, your teacher Omar

0:24.5

at home. I'm also the co-founder of the $100 MBA, a complete business

0:29.2

training and community online. And today's episode is a must read episode. In our must read

0:35.0

episodes I share with you a book that I've read that has greatly influenced me as

0:38.5

an entrepreneur. I share with you its takeaways, its insights, and why you should read it too.

0:43.6

And I'm really excited to share with you today's must read,

0:46.9

Shoe Dog by Phil Knight.

0:49.8

Phil Knight is the founder, the creator of Nike, the biggest supporting goods company in the world

0:55.9

that grosses $30 billion in sales every year.

1:00.5

That's billion with a bee.

1:01.7

That's incredible. Now, Shoo Dogg is basically Phil Light's incredible.

1:03.0

Now Shoo Dog is basically Phil Knight's autobiography.

1:05.0

It says a memoir, how he got started and how he got to where he is today,

1:10.0

which is an interesting time because Phil Knight is no longer the CEO of Nike

1:14.4

and later this year he's stepping down as a chairman of a board of trustees at Nike.

1:18.8

Perfect timing to tell the whole story.

1:21.8

I want to start by saying that this was an incredibly enjoyable book.

1:26.2

So much so I have pushed it in my top five favorite business books.

1:30.6

And I was critical. I had a lot of questions about Phil Knight. I've heard a lot of things about him.

1:35.2

Some good, some bad. And I wanted to hear what he had to say about his journey.

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