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Joe Pompliano on Twitter: "4) Nike's VP Rob Strasser and Peter Moore, the lead designer of the Air Jordan I & II, abruptly left Nike in 1987 to start their own footwear
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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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