Daymond John

As an entrepreneur, you never stop learning.

— Daymond John

Truth is the easiest thing to sell.

— Daymond John

I've failed way more than I've succeeded.

— Daymond John

I'm a big advocate of financial intelligence.

— Daymond John

Money is a great slave but a horrible master.

— Daymond John

Product is always king.

— Daymond John

Poor people put a low value on themselves and their efforts.

— Daymond John

You don’t get rich off your day job, you get rich off your homework.

— Daymond John

When I first got into business, I made a lot of bad decisions.

— Daymond John

Strategic partners are way more important than money.

— Daymond John

“Life is like business, 20% of what happens to you is 80% of how you react.”

— Daymond John

I don't want to leave my kids an inheritance, I want to leave them a legacy

— Daymond John

You don't have to work for a big corporation if you don't want to.

— Daymond John

I consider each business investment based on concept and revenue.

— Daymond John

If you can't come clean and tell investors how and why you failed, that raises a red flag. They need to see…

— Daymond John

I'm the kind of person that when I saw a lack of African Americans in the apparel business, that was something I…

— Daymond John

In my mind, there are too many copycat web products out there that are doing the same thing.

— Daymond John

I'm a firm believer in utilizing celebrities because they tap into people on an emotional basis.

— Daymond John

I think it's only failure if you put the word failure on it. I think it's part of the process of learning…

— Daymond John

I already have enough apparel businesses that are either doing well or not really doing anything at all, and I'm looking to…

— Daymond John

An entrepreneur must pitch a potential investor for what the company is worth as well as sell the dream on how much…

— Daymond John

When you have a large amount of the workforce being laid off, some of them have no other choice but to go…

— Daymond John

Mentors don't have to be the Daymond Johns or the Mark Cubans. A person running a successful bodega or a tax firm…

— Daymond John

In the founders, I look for a person I feel is trustworthy, driven and smart. I invest in the person first, because…

— Daymond John

There really is no shortcut just because you have a name, or you have some kind of access or some way you…

— Daymond John

The thing about branding is it isn't etched in stone. A brand is a mark or an image or a perception we…

— Daymond John

I think the single biggest turn off is people who think that they need money and they need all these people around…

— Daymond John

I've come to learn that my initial investment is more about the person versus the product that I am buying into. I've…

— Daymond John

I like to look at things that have been developed and re-developed over the course of time so I know the bugs…

— Daymond John

Fortunately, right now 'entrepreneurship' is one of the business world's biggest buzz words and so many young people in our country are…

— Daymond John

We all want the freedom to make our own decisions.

— Daymond John

I started FUBU in 1989 but ran out of money three times and closed it down.

— Daymond John

Always dress to what is accurate to who and what you are.

— Daymond John

Mentors, by far, are the most important aspects of businesses.

— Daymond John

Life is a cruel teacher. She loves to give you the test first and the lesson later.

— Daymond John

If I invest in a CEO, I need him or her to have experience in sales.

— Daymond John

My parents always taught me that my day job would never make me rich; it'd be my homework.

— Daymond John

Success is waking up every day and doing what you want to do

— Daymond John

If you aren't living your dreams then you're living your fears.

— Daymond John

A savvy entrepreneur will not always look for investment money, first.

— Daymond John