Nike, every mention
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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Nike comes up
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.