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Nike founder Phil Knight reveals how 'unhealthy contempt' for Adidas inspired him | Daily Mail Online
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Nike founder Phil Knight reveals how 'unhealthy contempt' for Adidas inspired him | Daily Mail Online
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This Man Reinvented Nike, Seduced Adidas, and Helped Make PDX the Sports Gear Capital of the World | Portland Monthly
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Scott Kerr on Twitter: "40 year old Nike internal memo by its first marketing head Rob Strasser titled “Principles”. Nike hasn't wavered from those principles. https://t.co/Zj0zSdbSM8" / Twitter
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Nike founder Phil Knight reveals how 'unhealthy contempt' for Adidas inspired him | Daily Mail Online
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Hemant Mohapatra on Twitter: "40 years ago, Rob Strasser, @Nike's first marketing head, put out this internal memo called “Principles.” Quite incredible just how little the company has wavered from these since.
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Joe Pompliano on Twitter: "4) Nike's VP Rob Strasser and Peter Moore, the designer of the Air Jordan I & II, abruptly left Nike in 1987 to start their own footwear business.
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This Man Reinvented Nike, Seduced Adidas, and Helped Make PDX the Sports Gear Capital of the World | Portland Monthly
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Nike founder Phil Knight reveals how 'unhealthy contempt' for Adidas inspired him | Daily Mail Online
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