Daymond John
Daymond John
Daymond Garfield Johnis an American entrepreneur, investor, television personality, author and motivational speaker. He is best known as the founder, president, and CEO of FUBU, and appears as an investor on the ABC reality television series Shark Tank...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth23 February 1969
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
mind copycats products
In my mind, there are too many copycat web products out there that are doing the same thing.
pioneers settlers
Pioneers get slaughtered, and the settlers prosper.
investment revenue concepts
I consider each business investment based on concept and revenue.
financial-intelligence financial bigs
I'm a big advocate of financial intelligence.
mistake trying levels
Try to make all the mistakes with your own money and on a small level so that when you are responsible for a partner’s money or assets you’ve learned and you don’t make bigger mistakes. Try to go as far as you can without anybody else’s help first.
good-life people effort
Poor people put a low value on themselves and their efforts.
trends different timeless
When looking at trends I always ask myself basic and timeless questions about business, and the one I seem to always come back to is, 'How is this different than anything else in the marketplace?'
kids want legacy
I don't want to leave my kids an inheritance, I want to leave them a legacy
jobs giving-up needs
In entrepreneurship, you decide to give up your day job at the point where either (A) the hobby/new business is at least making some form of ends meet, or (B) you feel that you need to dedicate yourself for a certain amount of time to it and give yourself the last hoorah.
red-flags stronger needs
If you can't come clean and tell investors how and why you failed, that raises a red flag. They need to see that you learned from it and came back stronger.
needs looks exposure
I look to work with businesses that know what they are doing but need larger distribution or exposure.
inspirational children love-you
As an entrepreneur, you love your business like a child, and you're taught to be laser-focused on the business.
dog dancing hot
It is very, very hard to do that ballroom dancing and I am going to be nowhere near it. Now if you have a hot dog eating contest, call me.
facts opinion sells
You can make up your own opinion, but you can't make up your own facts, go sell.