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
dream entrepreneur profit
An entrepreneur must pitch a potential investor for what the company is worth as well as sell the dream on how much of a profit can be made.
people today tomorrow
I do today what people won't, so I achieve tomorrow what other people can't.
kings products
Product is always king.
decision want
We all want the freedom to make our own decisions.
teacher giving lessons
Life is a cruel teacher. She loves to give you the test first and the lesson later.
people succeed blame
When you succeed you have a million people to thank, but when you fail there is only one person to blame.
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.
dresses accurate
Always dress to what is accurate to who and what you are.
want waking wake-up
Success is waking up every day and doing what you want to do
corporations want bigs
You don't have to work for a big corporation if you don't want to.
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!
people product retailers
A lot of times, I can put a product together with a distributor when I go into my Rolodex for distributors. I can then put it together with a face, such as an artist. And then I can go into my databank of retailers and people that I've been working with through the years of retail, and then also manufacturing.
business days family five goals health six sleep update wake
Five days a week, I read my goals before I go to sleep and when I wake up. There are 10 goals around health, family and business with expiration dates, and I update them every six months.