Nike, every mention
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every year anyone Shane Parrish 68David Heacock 3Sarah Tavel 1Sarah Jones Simmer 1Rob Fraser 1Randall Stutman 1Joe Liemandt 1Jim Collins 1Jack Kornfield 1Dr. Gio Valiante 1
Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Nike comes up
Alpha School: AI and The Future of Education | Joe Liemandt
- ▶ 1:36:51 Joe Liemandt We got to work on your Nike five million dollar contract.
The Obsession That Built Nike | Phil Knight
- ▶ 0:59 Shane Parrish Today, Nike looks inevitable, but for nearly two decades, this company almost died daily. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 3:38 Shane Parrish Nike wasn't a job.
- ▶ 4:15 Shane Parrish Nike isn't celebrating failure. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 7:18 Shane Parrish They were a band of misfits who had walked through the fire for the company. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 8:08 Shane Parrish I was putting in six days a week at Price Waterhouse, spending early mornings and late nights, and all weekends and vacations at Blue Ribbon. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:32 Shane Parrish The only thing he has going for himself right now is an unwavering belief in what he's trying to do, and it's the same force that will create Nike.
- ▶ 16:47 Shane Parrish He has no way of knowing it yet, but soon, that name will become the most famous brand in sports.
- ▶ 22:36 Shane Parrish While his wife is not happy, what comes out of that experiment totally changes the company. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 26:21 Shane Parrish Jeff Johnson suggested the name Nike after it came to him in a dream. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 27:58 Shane Parrish Nishu provided financing when American banks wouldn't, buying shoes from the factories up front so Nike could use his cash to actually run the business. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 30:22 Shane Parrish There's a garden at Nike headquarters today named after an issue, a small tribute to a debt that can never be fully repaid. 14 times in the scene
- ▶ 33:15 Shane Parrish Just when Nike found its footing, its competitors found a weapon. 8 times in the scene
- ▶ 35:12 Shane Parrish Nike needed a war chest. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 36:40 Shane Parrish Nike had signed LeBron as a teenager before he had played a single professional game. 3 times in the scene
Bernie Marcus: The Story of Home Depot
- ▶ 49:09 Shane Parrish The orange apron had become as recognizable as a Starbucks cup or Nike swoosh, and they'd done it without sacrificing their original values.
Ed Stack: Lessons from Dick’s Sporting Goods [Outliers]
- ▶ 2:02 Shane Parrish Along the way, they'd avoid bankruptcy twice, discover Nike before anyone else,
- ▶ 31:01 Shane Parrish Nike was a nobody in 1978. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 34:25 Shane Parrish Jerry Harper, their Nike rep, walked into Dick's biggest rival and asked how back to school was going.
- ▶ 41:27 Shane Parrish Nike reps who'd seen everything were shocked. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:02:52 Shane Parrish Remember Nike?
- ▶ 1:17:28 Shane Parrish When Puma and Adidas wouldn't return Ed's calls, he gave shelf space to a nobody called Nike.
David Heacock: Building Filterbuy
- ▶ 45:40 David Heacock You know, nobody is searching for, or there are people that are searching for shoes, and there are people that are searching for Nike. 3 times in the scene
How to Win by Being Right and Contrarian: Lessons from Zappos to DoorDash
- ▶ 55:08 Alfred Lin We also let them know that this brand, you're used to buying this brand, um, like Asics running shoes, and Nike fits a little looser, so you might want to up the size.
Rob Fraser: The Power of Focus
- ▶ 1:33:34 Rob Fraser I was like, you know, Nike's a great business, right?
Dr. Gio Valiante (Part 2): Failure and Success
- ▶ 14:05 Dr. Gio Valiante If you look at what happened to the record times in marathon is when Nike entered the equation and started rewarding runners with contracts, the speeds went down because people stopped love.
Jack Kornfield: Finding Inner Calm
- ▶ 1:37:29 Jack Kornfield You know, and I work a lot with CEOs and some of them very publicly, the CEOs of Ford or Nike who talk about it in Wall Street Journal.
Sarah Jones Simmer: The Foundation of Trust
- ▶ 38:57 Sarah Jones Simmer And, and now she's like a rock star at Nike.
#113 Sarah Tavel: The Value of Intellectual Rigor
- ▶ 54:27 Sarah Tavel Of SKUs for, you know, Nike sneakers.
#96 Randall Stutman: The Essence of Leadership
- ▶ 1:13:27 Randall Stutman The Nike logo is not perfectly, but pretty closely and framed on camera.
#85 Bethany McLean: Crafting a Narrative
- ▶ 50:31 Bethany McLean I think Phil Knight, I think Phil Knight at Nike, um, who arguably built an incredibly successful business, I think he had something of a cult of personality.
#67 Jim Collins: Keeping the Flywheel in Motion
- ▶ 15:58 Jim Collins Phil Knight of Nike.