TY - BOOK AU - Knight, Philip H. TI - Shoe dog SN - 9781471174412 PY - 2016/// CY - PB - Simon & Schuster KW - CLASS H - SOCIAL SCIENCES KW - Knight KW - Philip H KW - 1938- KW - Nike (Firm) KW - Businesspeople KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Juvenile literature KW - Sporting goods industry KW - History KW - Juvenile JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography General KW - Business Economics KW - Sports Recreation General N1 - a memoir by the creator of Nike N2 - In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and board chairman 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. ; ; Young, searching, 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 Plymouth Valiant, Knight grossed eight thousand dollars that first year, 1963. Today, Nike's annual sales top UR - https://books.google.es/books?id=wO3PCgAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=shoe%20dog&hl=es&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=shoe%20dog&f=false ER -