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Knight's Memoir: The Founder Of Nike

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This book is a memoir about the founder of Nike. The chapters described each year of the start of Phil Knights empire. It talks about how Knight was a shy man and didn't like being in the spotlight all the time. The company was founded in 1962 and took off from their. He talked about how it was like living on the edge year after year and day after day with the company being huge. Blue ribbon sports was the original name of the company before it was changed to Nike. The book talks how knight had to compete with the big names of shoes and how his marketing helped boost his company. His clothing and other accessories helped benefit him and lift them to the top. It also talks how his company expanded to athletes such as lebron james and kevin durant.
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