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
apparel businesses either
I already have enough apparel businesses that are either doing well or not really doing anything at all, and I'm looking to broaden my portfolio.
brands business complement curve hit lasts line needed partners remind
One of my business partners would remind me that no fashion line lasts forever, that we would hit the down curve eventually, and that we needed to look for new brands that complement the first one.
corporations want bigs
You don't have to work for a big corporation if you don't want to.
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.
entrepreneur looks firsts
A savvy entrepreneur will not always look for investment money, first.
choices black-history workforce
When you have a large amount of the workforce being laid off, some of them have no other choice but to go out there and invent something.
promise able audience
When you sell a product or service, you're making a promise to your audience. If you don't understand your audience, you'll never be able to keep that promise and you'll ultimately let them down.
important way partners
Strategic partners are way more important than money.
needs ceo i-need-him
If I invest in a CEO, I need him or her to have experience in sales.
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.
facts opinion sells
You can make up your own opinion, but you can't make up your own facts, go sell.
kids want legacy
I don't want to leave my kids an inheritance, I want to leave them a legacy
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.
investment revenue concepts
I consider each business investment based on concept and revenue.