Daymond John

Most brands started from a strong base and kept a strong belief.

Daymond John

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.

Daymond John

Pioneers get slaughtered, and the settlers prosper.

Daymond John

The only thing that scares me in the tech area is that it moves so fast that you have to be ready to invest in 20 things. Because if you just invest in one, next week, somebody has a better mousetrap, and you get taken to the cleaners.

Daymond John

The perfect breakfast is fish with grits and scrambled eggs with onions. I’m getting hungry thinking about that.

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 stamp on a product, a concept or an ideal, but it doesn’t last forever. Like anything else, it needs to be nurtured and reinforced, or it will start to fade.

Daymond John

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.

Daymond John

There’s great power in having to scrape and scramble.

Daymond John

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!

Daymond John

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

Daymond John