In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands. In 1962, fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed $50 from his father and created a company with a simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost athletic shoes from Japan. Selling the shoes from the trunk of his lime green Plymouth Valiant, Knight grossed $8,000 his first year. Today, Nike’s annual sales top $30 billion. In an age of startups, Nike is the ne plus ultra of all startups, and the swoosh has become a revolutionary, globe-spanning icon, one of the most ubiquitous and recognizable symbols in the world today. But Knight, the man behind the swoosh, has always remained a mystery. Now, for the first time, in a memoir that is candid, humble, gutsy, and wry, he tells his story, beginning with his crossroads moment. At 24, after backpacking around the world, he decided to take the unconventional path, to start his own business—a business that would be dynamic, different. Knight details the many risks and daunting setbacks that stood between him and his dream—along with his early triumphs. Above all, he recalls the formative relationships with his first partners and employees, a ragtag group of misfits and seekers who became a tight-knit band of brothers. Together, harnessing the transcendent power of a shared mission, and a deep belief in the spirit of sport, they built a brand that changed everything.

 在《鞋狗》中，耐克创始人菲尔·奈特亲自讲述了耐克“从0到1”的过程：作为一位美国俄勒冈州的普通人，他出于对跑步的热爱决定进入跑鞋销售领域，从50美元起步，带领一支个性古怪的“杂牌军”，游走于随时破产的悬崖峭壁，却最终缔造了一个强大的体育商业帝国，让耐克标志成为少数几个可以被全世界人毫不费力认出的商标之一。  创业过程中，合作伙伴的背叛、开户银行的翻脸、竞争对手的构陷、国家权力的紧逼；狡猾的融资技巧、粗犷放纵的企业文化、近乎不要命的扩张策略……菲尔·奈特用朴实、幽默的语言，真实袒露了一群痴迷者创业路上的挚爱、执着，与疯狂。