Founders #186 · · 11 books
Phil Knight (Nike)
This episode is cited on the Building through years of rejection reading path.
The book this episode covers
Shoe Dog
Phil Knight · Reading rank 3 · in 24 other episodes
David calls Shoe Dog one of his favorite, fantastic books and notes he is rereading it for this episode.
Cross-episode reference · Dedicated episode · Explicit praise · Founder theme
Books David recommends along the way
Against the Odds
James Dyson · Reading rank 1 · in 25 other episodes
David says this is the one biography he would choose if he could read only one.
Cross-episode reference · Explicit praise · Founder theme
The Everything Store
Brad Stone · Reading rank 12 · in 30 other episodes
David calls The Everything Store his most insightful biography.
Cross-episode reference · Explicit praise
Made in Japan
Akio Morita with Edwin M. Reingold and Mitsuko Shimomura · Reading rank 21 · in 21 other episodes
Cross-episode reference
Born of This Land
Chung Ju-yung · Reading rank 75 · in 7 other episodes
David calls this his most inspiring biography, describing Chung Ju-yung's endurance.
Cross-episode reference · Explicit praise
Endurance
Alfred Lansing · Reading rank 94 · in 7 other episodes
David calls Endurance a fantastic book.
Explicit praise · Founder theme
Bowerman and the Men of Oregon
Kenny Moore · Reading rank 220 · in 1 other episode
Cross-episode reference
Also mentioned
Ritz and Escoffier
Luke Barr · Reading rank 87 · in 6 other episodes
David applies the book's customer-memory practice to Nike.
Cross-episode reference · Founder theme
Steve Jobs's Stanford Commencement Address
Steve Jobs · Watch & Listen · in 12 other episodes
David applies the address's account of being fired from Apple to Phil Knight's loss of a supplier forcing him to go all in on Nike.
Founder theme
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