When you are good (believing in what you do no matter what!), never give up on making it better and take indefinite number of chances to make it big and there's nothing to stop you. Instead everyone would want to find you, know you through what you do. I’m not sure when I became aware of Nike – maybe sometime around the millennium? Certainly not before that. I was therefore astounded to learn that the company had been founded in the early 1970’s, with the aim of producing and selling sports shoes. In fact, the co-founder (and major driving force), Phil Knight, was a runner in college and his driving goal was to produce top class running shoes. We first catch up with Phil, a native of Oregon, in the late 60’s when he’d already secured an MBA at Stanford and had decided to travel the world. Off he went on his voyage of discovery – and what a journey it was. In listening to an audio version of this book I was pretty much captivated from the very start. This wasn’t at all the book I’d anticipated it to be - it was much more literary than the account I’d expected. The descriptions of time and place and people and events transported me directly there. I was stood beside him, drinking it all in.

Tiger). وخلال عمله كمورّد، نجح في تطوير العديد من الموديلات لتلبية احتياجات الرياضي الأمريكي؛ مما أعطاه مصداقية في السّوق. This book made me cry. Twice! I did not know a book about what I had previously viewed as the definition of a big corporation could have that sort of power. I was wrong. The whole book got me anxious the entire time worried about the anxiety he and his partners had to deal with. But also, it gave me time to consider things that are inevitable to build a business. And not just business, but some things we need to reconsider when it comes to our lives and for people who want to change their lives. The book tells a brilliant, absolutely amazing, story of the Nike company (Blue Ribbon Sports), its founder – Phil Knight, and its Execom members who were also called butt-faces.Faster Stronger Higher! How shoe brands create innovative footwear technology: Sport Science for the next Super Athletes

Let everyone else call your idea crazy.. just keep going. Don’t stop. Don’t even think about stopping until you get there, and don’t give much thought to where “there” is. Whatever comes, just don’t stop.” Traditionally, precious metals and jewels have been, for Indians rich and poor, a repository of wealth and a status symbol.The text is both lively and scholarly, drawing from descriptions of such travelers as Marco Polo and Tavernier as well as Sanskrit dramatists extolling the riches of India. The book takes a deep dive into the approach Nike takes when it came to creating its industry-defining products, along with showcasing previously-unseen designs, prototypes, insider stories, and more.”– Footwear News As sneaker culture becomes more and more prevalent in both realms of art and high fashion, there are very few books on the market that are worthy of a chic coffee table arrangement — until now. Thanks to Nike and Virgil Abloh, the latest Taschen art book, titled Icons, captures the cultural connection between sneakers, art, and fashion behind one of the biggest collaborations in sneaker history. The best part about the book is that it's hard to stop reading in between. Yes, that's right. For a non-fiction autobiography, it's awesome to read something that's been written this well which felt like I was reading a fast-paced novel worried about our clueless main character. This book will let you see what goes in the making of a world conquering brand. All the hard work, the determination, the conflicts, the laws and rules, the difficulties and the oppositions, the connections and the teamwork. I mean it's not all the details and everything but you will get to see a good view of what made Nike as it is today.