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" Every problem can be solved as long as they use common sense and apply the right research and techniques. "
Daymond John
Common Sense
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" Most brands started from a strong base and kept a strong belief. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I think African Americans are resilient and hustlers by nature. I think they need to understand that you can take that hustle to the boardroom, but it has to be an education process. "
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" I consider each business investment based on concept and revenue. "
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" 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. "
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" My parents always taught me that my day job would never make me rich; it'd be my homework. "
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" I'm the kind of person that when I saw a lack of African Americans in the apparel business, that was something I set out to do, and I lead by example. "
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" 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. "
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" I look to work with businesses that know what they are doing but need larger distribution or exposure. "
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Need
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" 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! "
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" I've learned, like with anything else, business is only as good as your connections and your resources. And some of the resources that I have are the fact that I work with huge artists. "
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Good
" 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. "
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" In the founders, I look for a person I feel is trustworthy, driven and smart. I invest in the person first, because in the event the business fails, the person and I can move forward and create another business. "
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" As an entrepreneur, you love your business like a child, and you're taught to be laser-focused on the business. "
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" I'm a firm believer in utilizing celebrities because they tap into people on an emotional basis. "
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" 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. "
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" Mentors, by far, are the most important aspects of businesses. "
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" I never knew anything other than wanting to be an entrepreneur. I tried my first business when I was 6 years old, and I started another business when I was 8. I don't think I knew anything besides that. "
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" When I first got into business, I made a lot of bad decisions. "
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" When looking at trends I always ask myself basic and timeless questions about business, and the one I seem to always come back to is, 'How is this different than anything else in the marketplace?' "
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" I had a little delivery van, and I did work around Queens. I was also a waiter at Red Lobster, so I was working on the business in between jobs. "
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" Mentors don't have to be the Daymond Johns or the Mark Cubans. A person running a successful bodega or a tax firm in your community for the last 20 years, that person is working just as much as the individual who's running General Mills. "
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" I value an entrepreneur I can get behind and trust, because I know they are attempting to move forward in life. "
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" I think that in the earlier days, when I was a 'wantrepreneur,' I was really doing things because I thought what I wanted was to be rich. "
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" Learn as many mistakes and what not to do while your business or product is small. Don't be in such a hurry to grow your brand. Make sure that you and the market can sustain any bumps that may occur down the road. "
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" I believe the last thing I read at night will likely manifest when I'm sleeping. You become what you think about the most. "
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You
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