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Shoe Dog

Phil Knight's memoir reveals entrepreneurship as beautiful chaos. 54 years of near-collapse built Nike's $200B empire. This is not a business book—it's survival.

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In 1964, Phillip Knight borrowed $500 from his father and began selling running shoes out of the trunk of his Plymouth Valiant. By 2016, Nike'

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