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
slave masters horrible
Money is a great slave but a horrible master.
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.
dream thinking energy
It takes the same energy to think small as it does to think big. So dream big and think bigger.
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.
giving style want
Good grooming is integral, and impeccable style is a must. If you don't look the part, no one will want to give you time or money.
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.
block decision making-money
If you don't educate yourself, you'll never get out of the starting block because you'll spend all your money making foolish decisions.
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.
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.
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.