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They both contribute $500 towards the company called "Blue Ribbon Sports" - later becoming Nike
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They start to import cheap running shoes from japan and sell them by post for profit in the USA
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The first BRS outlet is opens in California
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The 'waffle' sole for running shoes was inventend and the trainers quickly became the best selling shoes in the USA
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For only $35 the now globally famous 'swoosh' Nike symbol is created by a graphic design student
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Whilst asleep the employee of BRS dreams of the greek god Nike and proposes it as the company's new name it is accepted
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One of the first celebrities sportsmen signs a deal with Nike
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The Air-Sole is invented, and once again, Nike revelutionised the world of training shoes
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Nike becomes a public limited company and starts to sell shares to members of the public who want to invest in Nike
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Michael Jordan agrees to endorse his own line of Nike trainers to be known as "Air-Jordan"
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Nike's marketing department came up with tthe "JUST DO IT" slogan.