When an individual thinks about an athletic shoe, or even athletic equipment in general, a handful of names come to mind. One of these names is guaranteed to be Nike, a multi billion-dollar athletic equipment empire run by Phil Knight. But Nike has not always been a huge money making corporation. It also had to start from the drawing board.
As a college student in 1957, Phil Knight meets Bill Bowerman at the University of Oregon, a track coach and they become very good friends. After graduating, Knight leaves to pursue a MBA at Stanford while Bowerman continues to coach and play wit
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