The Rise of Nike: How One Man Built a Billion-Dollar Brand

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  • Опубліковано 11 жов 2018
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  • @BusinessCasual
    @BusinessCasual  Рік тому +17

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  • @hadis5160
    @hadis5160 5 років тому +226

    I just read his book, and unlike the title, he didn't build the brand all alone at all. The book taught me how important networking and finding people with same interests actually is. Sure, he believed in his brand so much that nothing could have stopped him but he also had an amazing group who did everything they could to help him execute his dream.

    • @tikdoe7563
      @tikdoe7563 2 роки тому

      What is the book called? & what did he say about networking?

    • @akhikdutta6830
      @akhikdutta6830 2 роки тому +6

      @@tikdoe7563 the book is called shoe dog and he directly didn't said anything about networking but you can feel it through his books.

  • @sabtsmith
    @sabtsmith 4 роки тому +709

    A key takeaway to underscore: he paid $35 to a student at a local university for a logo. I always tell my clients & partners that there's amazing talent at universities. Students are anxious to apply their budding skills, knowledge, perspective, and talents to get valuable, real world experience (outside of internships). Yet, their talents remain underutilized. They should be more included in the convo, they have alot to offer.

    • @finelife6019
      @finelife6019 3 роки тому +45

      They didn’t have any money at the time and that was all they could pay. When the company went public, they gave the designer shares of the company that is Equivalent to $1m. You are right though, there are many talent at the university.

    • @KinjalParekh
      @KinjalParekh 3 роки тому +10

      They relatively had nothing when the logo was designed. They didn't even have a name for their brand ..
      As far as I am aware, they compensated the student hefty when they started growing
      But, yes. You have a point here! +1

    • @dkhaganbc3772
      @dkhaganbc3772 2 роки тому +1

      Let talk business

    • @oneknock5796
      @oneknock5796 2 роки тому +4

      @@KinjalParekh they had money, because he was selling those Japanese shoes. But she only charge him 2 dollars an hour for 17.5 hours

    • @19Ino96
      @19Ino96 2 роки тому +6

      @@finelife6019 35$ back then was like 230$ now which is really little if you compare it to what you would need to pay for a company to do the job but for a student who did it for 2$/h (=13$ today) it’s pretty fair I‘d say.

  • @ecomyazan
    @ecomyazan 3 роки тому +115

    I am currently reading "Shoe Dog" and the only thing I got to say is that the book is a masterpiece at showing us how a normal guy from Portland became to be one of the richest and most successful humans alive. Unlike most successful people that will go on telling others about how special they are, Phil Knight tells us his whole story that starts with him struggling to keep his company "Blue Ribbon Sports" alive and ends with the actual company we know today as Nike. He shows us that the path to success isn't as easy as some think and that you will probably have to deal with a lot of problems to achieve what you want. He's a champion that dealt with so many problems when his company started out like the lawsuit that Onitsuka filed against Blue Ribbon, the competitors he faced, and even the banks that wouldn't lend him money. I believe that his book is a must-read for anyone that aspires to be successful.

  • @rolandomotadelcampo.5494
    @rolandomotadelcampo.5494 5 років тому +785

    If You Have a body you are an athlete.
    Your only limit is you.
    No pain, no power.
    Write the future.
    My game is sick,Too bad it aint contagious.
    Greatness has no pick.
    Don't run away from challenger, run over them.
    Train insane or ramain the same.
    I'm busy getting stronger.
    Work hard, dream big.
    Pain is temporary, victory is eternal.
    Evrerything you need is inside.
    Success isn't give, it's earned.
    And countless Nike quotes.
    JUST DO IT.

  • @dailybread1656
    @dailybread1656 5 років тому +768

    Nike wouldn't have been nothing without these three elements: Micheal Jordan, Hip Hop Culture and Child labor in Vietnam especially.

  • @dazbracken8177
    @dazbracken8177 4 роки тому +30

    I applaud you with how you promote your sponsors, most people just mention and move on but you integrate them properly into the videos. Fair play 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @JYT256
    @JYT256 5 років тому +1604

    Bruh this guy started the biggest athletic product company by just touring Japan and then making stuff up

    • @gelo414
      @gelo414 5 років тому +66

      Thats how pretty much every big company's story starts

    • @rotierender_lurch
      @rotierender_lurch 5 років тому +53

      Reminds me of Microsoft's story. It's about risk, luck and connections.

    • @joelscb
      @joelscb 5 років тому +54

      @@rotierender_lurch need tl remember that connections is like 50% of it. Bill gates dad was connected and rich already. There's a reason why bill gates was able to work out of a garage

    • @jmtruthful3273
      @jmtruthful3273 5 років тому +11

      Are you south African

    • @180MPH_In_The_Wrong_Lane
      @180MPH_In_The_Wrong_Lane 5 років тому +3

      @@jmtruthful3273 Germany perhaps.

  • @DigitalOdyssey3001
    @DigitalOdyssey3001 2 роки тому +23

    Give the producer, editor and AE person a round of applause. Well done. Masterfully crafted.

  • @ArturoCabello
    @ArturoCabello 5 років тому +173

    The founder of Nike is a genius! He found a passion he loved and I imagine that many at the time doubted him and yet, despite the adversity he pressed on to create a great brand! Love stories like these!

    • @OLE9191
      @OLE9191 2 роки тому +2

      and to this day, he is pushing pro-CCP messages, uses slave labor, and pushes fake racist BLM BS..yeah great ending.

    • @yuncloud6484
      @yuncloud6484 2 роки тому +1

      Nike is a brand that has sweatshops. Sorry man but nike is bad I think it also has done or is still doing child labor

    • @guychase8611
      @guychase8611 2 роки тому +2

      Founder X 2

  • @TracksideViews
    @TracksideViews 5 років тому +295

    Any online order from Nike has a return address of Blue Ribbon Sports to this day.

  • @hastism5059
    @hastism5059 3 роки тому +18

    Nike didnt become "nike" in a night. it was a loooong journey. For the first 7-8 years Phil was just a shoe distributor. And he had the legendary Bowerman as a partner. But no matter what, he believed in his company and never gave up. Listened to his gut feeling. Amazing story. I recommend everyone to read his book.

  • @khentsaludo5162
    @khentsaludo5162 5 років тому +5

    Starting as a reseller/distributor.. Building connections and saving money. Once he saved a lot he uses the ideas and buid his own brand. This will take great guts and marketing strategy. He is surely an awesome businessman. 👌

  • @RicardoDinizPortugal
    @RicardoDinizPortugal 2 роки тому +5

    This was so beautifully made. Thank you and well done.

  • @BigBoxCoach
    @BigBoxCoach 4 роки тому +75

    I read "Shoe Dog", Nike was a team effort, not a one person show, a lot of people helped Phil a long way in his pursuit.

    • @dr.wezisunkutumd8745
      @dr.wezisunkutumd8745 3 роки тому +6

      Off course, it's elaborately mentioned in this video from the get go. You missed it?

    • @xubarney1326
      @xubarney1326 Рік тому +2

      @@dr.wezisunkutumd8745 is there any point in your comment? what's the point?

  • @allaboutari1160
    @allaboutari1160 4 роки тому

    thank you thank you for explaining so well and for no interrupting ads too

  • @barryfix
    @barryfix 5 років тому +17

    Phil tells of much more complicated and a 13 year struggle in his book than described in this audio. Steve Prefontaine was vitally important in the track world and Bowemann
    created his shoe - the waffle shoe.

  • @augustinenyirongo1331
    @augustinenyirongo1331 4 роки тому +4

    Oh my I admire his down to earth character and swallowing of pride, he asked his first employee to name to name the brand...NIKE , later outsourced the logo to a university student. ..thus awsome, no wonder Nike sprung up in business. ...go Phil

  • @charlesbarboza8591
    @charlesbarboza8591 5 років тому +3

    Awesome content. Thanks for sharing.

  • @srikanthsharma786
    @srikanthsharma786 5 років тому +7

    What an inspiring story!
    Thank you very much

  • @SeecretWeapon
    @SeecretWeapon 5 років тому +270

    Jordan was the turning point for Nike
    They gave him everything they had
    If he went to addidas
    Nike would’ve been crushed

  • @grantgee2842
    @grantgee2842 5 років тому +3

    Awsome insights.. Thank u!

  • @menaseven9093
    @menaseven9093 5 років тому +54

    Nice story of Phil Knight the founder of Nike. Few people succeed without help in life, Phil Knight received help from Japanese shoe businessman Onitsuka and track and field coach Bill Bowerman. The signing of Basketball superstar michael Jordan and the creation of the Nike Air Jordan line turned nike into a billion dollar corporations.

    • @xubarney1326
      @xubarney1326 Рік тому +1

      sure...but there's luck involved at least in the last part...unless they have a sports expert or sth

  • @qaisquraishi95
    @qaisquraishi95 5 років тому +3

    Really liked the way you built up motion graphics according to your story! Well executed! 👍

  • @callmetall1
    @callmetall1 5 років тому

    Amazing video ! Love it thanks

  • @jewelandfriends
    @jewelandfriends 5 років тому +21

    I love this channel,so inspiring video since I am also starting my own brand alone
    .

  • @Gavanater7
    @Gavanater7 5 років тому +485

    You should do a collab with company man one day

    • @RossomeOfficial
      @RossomeOfficial 5 років тому +5

      Agreed eh!

    • @zykx2213
      @zykx2213 5 років тому +4

      YESSS

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      @iamblackman595 5 років тому +4

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      @NolieKBGabia 4 роки тому +3

      And cold fusion haha

    • @Macctenamo
      @Macctenamo 4 роки тому +1

      Almost Every up an coming athletes/ creators dream. We just gotta keep working. Make it happen inshallah.

  • @hanstefgab
    @hanstefgab 5 років тому

    Inspiring story! Thank you for sharing

  • @MihaiDolganiuc
    @MihaiDolganiuc 5 років тому

    Thank you! Very informative video.

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    @Emerrias 5 років тому +209

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      @Sequaloid 5 років тому +43

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      @Emerrias 5 років тому +7

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      @sscctt 5 років тому +7

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    • @noobjitsu1743
      @noobjitsu1743 5 років тому +6

      I would leave and get started on what you want to do then

    • @ninjawarrior_1602
      @ninjawarrior_1602 5 років тому +4

      Which biz school bro

  • @emmanuel3929
    @emmanuel3929 5 років тому +13

    The way you tie in your sponsor is top tier. Its a God-given talent

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    @theguidingstar777 2 роки тому +1

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  • @productionsceo88
    @productionsceo88 5 років тому

    Great Channel, keep up the great work!

  • @rodigoduterte9192
    @rodigoduterte9192 5 років тому +173

    You know, mass production with a proper management (via advertising and more) and free from debt (unless in an emergency situation)

    • @andreiharkov5110
      @andreiharkov5110 5 років тому

      Rodigo Duterte bagtit

    • @vivigesso3756
      @vivigesso3756 5 років тому +2

      Nike is a liberal corp. Go figure.

    • @jeffhorn3400
      @jeffhorn3400 5 років тому +2

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    • @jeffraber9110
      @jeffraber9110 4 роки тому +1

      If you had bothered to read Shoe Dog you'd know how pivotal (and sometimes harrowing) the relationship with "The Bankers" was to Nike's early success.

  • @RickDanner
    @RickDanner 4 роки тому +66

    by making shoes for a dollar in sweatshops in china and selling them for 200 bucks

    • @mukelani1811
      @mukelani1811 4 роки тому +4

      That's business, if demand for your product is overwhelming eve3if you don't spend a cent in making it the price has to be high

    • @jessebolitho3139
      @jessebolitho3139 4 роки тому +1

      it costs them 26$ to make a standard pair of shoes

    • @MK-ib4dp
      @MK-ib4dp 2 роки тому

      @@jessebolitho3139 Oh $26 like it’s much of a difference

  • @rajesh4cat
    @rajesh4cat 4 роки тому

    Brilliant Video, Well done Phil Knight.

  • @DonWawa
    @DonWawa 5 років тому

    What a nice video thank you so much❤️ i now know what is the history of my favorite sports brand❤️

  • @muhamedjones122
    @muhamedjones122 3 роки тому +4

    NIKE will always be popular to me. I like that the brand have a variety of different things to choose from.

  • @yomed22
    @yomed22 5 років тому +25

    The difference between people that make it and don't.... Is a belief in yourself! How many people honestly would have stuck around for YEARS with not profits.

  • @RAGHU.8
    @RAGHU.8 4 роки тому +2

    Really your videos are motivating me to start my own .......

  • @shafter111
    @shafter111 5 років тому +2

    Thanks for the reminder. I just got the audible book.

  • @noueruz-zaman7894
    @noueruz-zaman7894 5 років тому +6

    just love this channel ..learning a lot
    feels like i am attending Business Casual University (UA-cam campus)

  • @christopherarmstrong2710
    @christopherarmstrong2710 5 років тому +7

    Read the book after it’s first release, one of the best books of the last decade. Brilliant video execution!

  • @victornderu143
    @victornderu143 5 років тому +1

    That was very nice. You got the facts right and the company has a promising future.

  • @hedizerzeri8946
    @hedizerzeri8946 3 роки тому +2

    Good report. Great legacy. Great company

  • @seanferres
    @seanferres 5 років тому +3

    one of the best books I've ever read hands down

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    @elizabethpaul3263 Рік тому +93

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    @ddanielmmuller4448 5 років тому +1

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  • @marshacreary2442
    @marshacreary2442 5 років тому

    Informative

  • @pranavshrestha4953
    @pranavshrestha4953 5 років тому +11

    00:52 That eye movement though. lol

  • @linusssuli
    @linusssuli 5 років тому +6

    you are absolutely my favorite channel on youtube!! just a bit curious, why haven't you make a video on Procter & Gamble..

  • @haynesis
    @haynesis 5 років тому

    I love your vids man. Bought the audiobook now

  • @TheKatrinaRuthShow
    @TheKatrinaRuthShow 3 роки тому

    Great video!

  • @ashishgangal4434
    @ashishgangal4434 5 років тому +3

    My recommendation to everyone is to read the book! it's not just another autobiography. It 's one heck of a journey with travel, highs, lows, love, heartbreak, trouble and a fucking roller coaster ride. Thoroughly enjoyed the book!

  • @naufalap
    @naufalap 5 років тому +8

    I think the real story is how that logo holds up until now with minimal changes.

  • @bonny6168
    @bonny6168 5 років тому +2

    Love the way you guys roll out the facts... Well done😇

    • @abgica
      @abgica Рік тому

      It’s quite poorly done: for example, he didn’t just go to Portland state university to find a graphic designer, but found her while working as a professor at the university. She did a few posters before the logo

  • @akilassif2921
    @akilassif2921 5 років тому +1

    What a great video 👏👏👏

  • @cyvoc2316
    @cyvoc2316 4 роки тому +6

    Thanks for the correct pronunciation of "adidas". Greetings from Germany.

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    @kingmontero7900 5 років тому +4

    Business Casual, please make another video about the stocks invested and acquired by Berkshire Hathaway.

  • @jerin739
    @jerin739 4 роки тому

    Perfectly presented

  • @novojclothes
    @novojclothes 3 роки тому

    Short And straight to the point

  • @soumyakanti17
    @soumyakanti17 5 років тому +23

    Beautiful!!

  • @levi-fr3bz
    @levi-fr3bz 4 роки тому +19

    Phil Knight didn't just stumble onto Onitsuka. He was introduced by a man named Frank Endo who at the time was importing Onitsuka gymnastics shoes to America. Mr. Endo told me that the first Nike logo was half an arrow. But it was difficult for the sewers to sew the right angles. He said he recommended curves instead of angles and drew a picture of a half arrow into the swoosh. I asked him, are you telling me that you actually invented the Nike logo? He just smiled. I didn't know how to share this story until just watching this video.

    • @Snags70
      @Snags70 Рік тому +1

      The original drawing he got from the student at Oregon is on display in the Jaqua Academic Center on campus in Eugene, OR along with the first pair of Nike shoes and the shoes Steve Prefontaine used to break 4 minutes. It was the swoosh.

  • @sergioramos6455
    @sergioramos6455 5 років тому

    Besides narrative this channel always has a wonderful visual job.

  • @neelkanthamukherjee7926
    @neelkanthamukherjee7926 4 роки тому +1

    An absolutely delightful book. Must read!

  • @MyWifesSon69
    @MyWifesSon69 5 років тому +90

    Michael jordan is the main reason nike got big

    • @marcowulliampopirers2216
      @marcowulliampopirers2216 4 роки тому +1

      Cough cough child labour

    • @faizan_p17
      @faizan_p17 3 роки тому +5

      Haha you only saying this after watching the last dance 😂

    • @watsappenin2865
      @watsappenin2865 3 роки тому

      Wot no I was waering nike like 10 years ago itwos still popular

    • @antonyodavis1539
      @antonyodavis1539 3 роки тому

      @@faizan_p17 he made this comment more than a year prior to The Last Dance.

  • @ThePiquedPigeon
    @ThePiquedPigeon 5 років тому +17

    > Brags about the pronunciation of "Adidas"
    > Screws up the pronunciation of "Kobe" right after that

    • @SirNarax
      @SirNarax 3 роки тому

      Can't win them all. Or most of them. What is them?

  • @mrsnulch
    @mrsnulch Рік тому +1

    1:10 I can't believe that's how you pronounce Adidas. Absolutely life shattering. Great video quality too, the only good one I can find on Phil Knight after reading Shoe Dog! Subbed :)
    With that said, here are the proper Japanese pronunciations:
    Kobe: ko-BAY
    Onitsuka: o-NI-tska

  • @carrotmusic8815
    @carrotmusic8815 5 років тому

    Superb Information. ..

  • @carlos_398
    @carlos_398 5 років тому +13

    I freaking love phil even though I’ve never met him

  • @truthspeaker12
    @truthspeaker12 4 роки тому +3

    very inspiring, well done phil

  • @clarissatrejo9613
    @clarissatrejo9613 2 роки тому

    Picked up shoe dog from the Library last week and I’m halfway through. This book is juicy!

  • @joku31_jezzejesvid34
    @joku31_jezzejesvid34 5 років тому +1

    Good video! :)

  • @selhan5208
    @selhan5208 5 років тому +29

    Why is the video titled "How One Man Built a Billion-Dollar Brand" about how Bowerman was the one who managed to get Knight's idea running?

    • @dr.wezisunkutumd8745
      @dr.wezisunkutumd8745 3 роки тому +2

      To catch your attention, and they succeeded.

    • @tomliuyt
      @tomliuyt 2 роки тому +2

      Don't forget employee #1 Johnson

  • @Sardar.Asad77
    @Sardar.Asad77 5 років тому +68

    Back to the Future Trilogy is Behind the success of Nike

    • @ronniedoorzon1576
      @ronniedoorzon1576 5 років тому +2

      I live in holland and here the sports shoe hype took off in 1980, so long before the bttf films were made.

    • @lutherdapat4645
      @lutherdapat4645 4 роки тому

      Asad Sardar relegiu

  • @akilassif2921
    @akilassif2921 5 років тому

    In every video i learn more thank you

  • @luisdothe5200
    @luisdothe5200 5 років тому

    Luv your channel ‼️‼️

  • @PaulTurner_Haizo
    @PaulTurner_Haizo 5 років тому +77

    An interesting story which clearly shows Nike was built by TWO men.

    • @RickDanner
      @RickDanner 4 роки тому +14

      and millions of asians working in sweatshops for 10 cents

    • @PorkotylerClips
      @PorkotylerClips 4 роки тому +14

      Rick Danner these Asians are free to revolt against these conditions and demand better pay. Not Nike’s or America’s responsibility.

    • @charlesscott27
      @charlesscott27 4 роки тому

      @@RickDannerHow many cents did they have before working in those sweatshops ?

    • @mareksykora5197
      @mareksykora5197 3 роки тому

      @@RickDanner Thousands of asians beeing paid so much money they did not get ever before.

  • @EoinDM
    @EoinDM 5 років тому +5

    Shoe Dog is a fantastic book, highly recommend it!

  • @ahmernc
    @ahmernc 5 років тому +1

    Pure inspiration...

  • @MichaelCobbs
    @MichaelCobbs 5 років тому +1

    Great video.

  • @ryantfinchum
    @ryantfinchum 5 років тому +105

    Just curious, why don't you post more often? These videos are amazing..

    • @Sequaloid
      @Sequaloid 5 років тому +22

      Ryan Finchum time doesn’t grow on trees

    • @blackfalcon594
      @blackfalcon594 5 років тому +12

      Cole Indeed. Time grows trees.

    • @ryantfinchum
      @ryantfinchum 5 років тому +5

      Cole thanks for your insight.. So helpful..

    • @DKMperor
      @DKMperor 5 років тому +13

      quality takes time, it most likely takes a lot of time to do the research into these stories and then edit the videos (the editing is amazing)

    • @screaminginside45
      @screaminginside45 5 років тому

      Ryan Finchum quality over quantity

  • @LydiLa222
    @LydiLa222 5 років тому +39

    Good one!
    Coincidence: I JUST put Phil Knight's Shoe Dog on my Google Books wishlist last night.
    I'm South African, may I suggest a videos on De Beers and SAB.
    (I wanna start a business, hopefully one day BC will be covering my success 😉)

    • @romanbaranovichi5375
      @romanbaranovichi5375 5 років тому +5

      Lydi De Beers is a good one

    • @Sequaloid
      @Sequaloid 5 років тому

      Lydi don’t be cocky

    • @LydiLa222
      @LydiLa222 5 років тому +12

      @@Sequaloid how is that cocky??? It's wishful thinking. Can't a girl dream?

    • @dailybread1656
      @dailybread1656 5 років тому +4

      Go for it, start your business sis. And that's coming from a fellow business entrepreneur.

    • @creatrixZBD
      @creatrixZBD 5 років тому +1

      It's starts off pretty tight, then quickly falls to a weird superficial mess. It's quite badly-(ghost)written, and you finish thinking you just got told a rambling, semi-pointless story as a diversion to the real history. Apart from mad respect for Bowerman, I was mainly left with the sense that Phil is a dick of a human being. IMO, of course.

  • @thegreatresist4224
    @thegreatresist4224 3 роки тому

    Wow!
    What a legacy!
    Love it!

  • @toltec13
    @toltec13 2 роки тому +1

    My first pair of Nike running shoes was the Nile LD 1000 back in 1976. It was a great pair of running shoes for its time. It offered broad waffle soles for great stability. It's successor was the Nike LDV which was introduced around 1978 which was also a great running shoe, but the soles were a bit narrow than the 1000. When the first generation of Nike Air came out sometime around 1979-1980 those shoes were a pile of junk. During my beach run, which was 10 miles, I noticed the soles were coming apart from the mid soles. Around the 6 mile run I had to stop and walk home. The beach salt water was too harsh for those shoes! Sometime in the mid 1980's as Nike was becoming commercialized, the quality in distance running shoes was not there anymore. They seem to focused more on sneakers and sport clothing.

  • @jamireniebre6285
    @jamireniebre6285 5 років тому +60

    They became the largest sportswear company because of jordan

  • @mr.random8447
    @mr.random8447 4 роки тому +2

    It was all Bill Bowerman, he was the guy in a position of influence. Pretty much like an influencer selling things today. It is going to work if you already have a name for yourself.

  • @asmeerrahman143
    @asmeerrahman143 2 роки тому

    The best business story I have heard 💜

  • @jreality6829
    @jreality6829 5 років тому +1

    I love how the use of photographs are made into a documentary video. The focus change from one to another and so on and so fort. Does anybody know what program might have been used?

  • @atomicbomb47
    @atomicbomb47 5 років тому +3

    nice Phil

  • @giannoski6257
    @giannoski6257 5 років тому +955

    I think nike just boomed because of Michael Jordan

    • @CP-ks8nj
      @CP-ks8nj 5 років тому +57

      And the funny thing is that Jordan did not want to sign with Nike. If only another company had the insight to offer him the deal that Nike did.

    • @dorinature
      @dorinature 5 років тому +38

      no, they are good shoes ..wtf.

    • @joh380
      @joh380 5 років тому +38

      Giannoski it boomed waay before him😂

    • @cceja688
      @cceja688 5 років тому +54

      Nike was prominent before the Jordan era.

    • @NoProb4Rob
      @NoProb4Rob 5 років тому +23

      NIke and Reebok were both equally desirable brands and then Air Jordan's crushed Reebok. Reebok tried to respond with their Pump boots but couldn't match in popularity.

  • @MohamedMostafa-dm9qy
    @MohamedMostafa-dm9qy 4 роки тому

    Very inspiring story 💡

  • @tinnguyen2219
    @tinnguyen2219 5 років тому

    Thank you so much for sharing this useful data! Greatly appreciated .

  • @sund5
    @sund5 3 роки тому +16

    Read his book "Shoe Dog". Its super good :-) 👟

    • @keshavagarwal9954
      @keshavagarwal9954 3 роки тому

      Yes but it's pretty comprehensive, many trivial unwanted details are also included 😐

    • @frixosandreou3932
      @frixosandreou3932 3 роки тому

      Pretty trash imho. Opinions differ, don't read his book would be my suggestion.

  • @trebledc
    @trebledc 5 років тому +215

    Nike would have not be without MJ , Nike was Underamour status going down at that era while converse and Adidas was on top of the shoe game with magic and bird etc The game changer was NIke made a deal with the Future of Basketball & Sports that is MJ, never was an athlete that has the charm and very competitive edge who brought basketball and being athlete to the world, combine with most of all very low cost mass production of shoe.
    So That's how you build a multi-billion dollar company Boom !

    • @pieroramirez3288
      @pieroramirez3288 5 років тому +4

      trebledc exactly lmao

    • @mpfumowallace3890
      @mpfumowallace3890 5 років тому +8

      The same with Redbull,the only problem is that thing ruins lives if you mix with alcohol

    • @watchnofacee
      @watchnofacee 5 років тому +12

      Facts After MJ in 85 Nike started coming out with super cool designs.

    • @iamnewton241
      @iamnewton241 5 років тому +3

      Exactly

    • @jasonkasdiran
      @jasonkasdiran 5 років тому +9

      Wait Michael Jackson played basketball
      Btw it's a joke😂

  • @raiaansadeed4906
    @raiaansadeed4906 5 років тому

    most inspirational ever

  • @SHARPGFX-dc9gj
    @SHARPGFX-dc9gj 2 роки тому

    Very good video.

  • @jenna2026
    @jenna2026 3 роки тому +5

    Remember when Nike had more than the same 10 sneakers models????? Now they release one new color of a model they have had for years and they make a big deal about it!. I'd say the most innovative years for Nike and the sneaker industry were between the years 1987-1991. Just look at the shoe store catalogs at that time, and even look at Nike's catalogue at that time...there was A LOT more innovation and A LOT more variety.

  • @intheendshewillknowiwasntb5841
    @intheendshewillknowiwasntb5841 5 років тому +3

    The first business man who succeeded without fail.😑

  • @OudadesOfficial
    @OudadesOfficial 2 роки тому

    So Inspirational, love Nike, JUST DO IT.