First Day at Nike

What year was Nike founded?

• 1990

• 1953

• 1964

• 1974

What was Nike's first company name?

• Sports Factory

• White Ribbon

• Blue Ribbon Sports

• Oregon Sneakers

What does Nike mean?

• Goddess of victory

• Goddess of speed

• God of athletes

How did Phil Knight (The Visionary) & Bill Bowerman (The Innovator) meet?

• At a start up event

• At the University of Oregon

• Introduced by Prefontaine

• At a football game

Where did Phil Knight get his business idea?

• At Stanford

• While out on a run

• When he first met Bill Bowerman

Who was Nike's first brand ambassador?

• Steve Prefontaine

• Michael Jordan

• Jeff Johnson

Phil Knight started exporting this brand of sneakers from Japan before Nike manufactured products:

• Mizuno

• Onitsuka Tiger

• Hender Scheme

• RFW Tokyo

Onitsuka Tiger is now what brand?

• Saucony

• Mizuno

• Asics

• Brooks

How much was the Swoosh designer originally paid?

• 1 M USD

• 25,000 USD

• 350 USD

• 35 USD

When Nike took the Air Jordan line public their expected sales were 3 million USD in the first three years. Instead they earned:

• 2 million in the first year

• 3 million in the first 6 months

• 130 million in the first 12 months

• 100 million in the first three years