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
jobs wall thinking
I think Wall Street is very important, especially to tech companies. Wall Street will get in their rhythm and go fund tech companies, and tech companies will go create jobs and employ a lot of people, so there's that aspect of Wall Street.
responsibility thinking entrepreneur
I think a great entrepreneur is learning every day. An entrepreneur is somebody that doesn't take no for an answer - they're going to figure something out. They also take responsibility. They don't blame anybody else. And they're dreamers in one sense but they're also realistic and they take affordable steps when they can.
thinking eggs perfect
The perfect breakfast is fish with grits and scrambled eggs with onions. I'm getting hungry thinking about that.
dream thinking energy
It takes the same energy to think small as it does to think big. So dream big and think bigger.
golf player thinking
I'm not a golf player. I think golf and fishing are the same, but at the end of the day, you can't fry up and golf ball and dip it in tartar sauce. So I'm a fisherman.
thinking process ifs
I think it's only failure if you put the word failure on it. I think it's part of the process of learning where you're going to go and what doesn't work.
thinking people needs
I think the single biggest turn off is people who think that they need money and they need all these people around them so if they get the money they can just buy all the things they need to help the company... [without] hav[ing] to put in the work themselves.
money ran
I started FUBU in 1989 but ran out of money three times and closed it down.
bigger learned level money
The things that I've learned is, 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.
attempting behind life move trust value
I value an entrepreneur I can get behind and trust, because I know they are attempting to move forward in life.
common solved
Every problem can be solved as long as they use common sense and apply the right research and techniques.
bad business
When I first got into business, I made a lot of bad decisions.
apartment blocks bought came mansion money seven several six weekend
When I first came into money, I bought six or seven homes. One weekend I went to Miami and bought an apartment and a mansion several blocks from each other, which was not that bright!
america branded licensed sports
FUBU is pretty well licensed out in China and Asia. In America it's a little more of a challenge, obviously, because it's a branded sport.