Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: belief
25 Jul 2023 Acquired Nike
“Finally, at the end of 1963, I think right around Christmas, Phil writes in Shoe Dog, the samples show up.”
Source trail
Everything needed to verify it.
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 25 Jul 2023
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Nike
Transcript context
…This is just to get some samples to see if he can sell $50 worth of shoes that takes over a year. Phil gets home, he's disappointed that he's got to start his life. He gets a job as an accountant. He's got a business school degree, studying to take the CPA exams and become a licensed CPA. Finally, at the end of 1963, I think right around Christmas, Phil writes in Shoe Dog, the samples show up. Phil gets them. They're great. They're what he remembers. He thinks, these aren't quite maybe as good as Adidas, but they're good enough, and I can sell them cheaply enough that my business plan will work. Right, they're way cheaper.…
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