Daymond John Quotes

As a businessman, I know that businesses need certainty.

Many businesses fail because the owner wasn't willing to invest and wasn't educated on the difference between spending money frivolously and investing money into the business for growth, and the risks and rewards of that cash infusion.

All entrepreneurs make decisions. Some will go right, and some will not go that right.

The Jews had, as a matter of fact, long been all along the most ingenious entrepreneurs. It was only our own future that we had never built upon a business basis.

People must be realistic when evaluating their business.

If you're not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.

So I think you want to keep a keen eye on things. Grab it and go. Sure, you check your financials, but don't be afraid to take a jump. Learn the trends.

For resourceful tech founders, finding capital is rarely a problem; making the best use of it is another story. A few years slinging pepperoni pies and chicken wings - on tiny margins and with minimal investment - might not be the worst fiscal training.

I love the business of business; I love the risk raking.

Business wise, I have always learned valuable lessons so I don't regret any decisions I have made.

If I had learned more about business ahead of time, I would have been shaped into believing that it was only about finances and quality management.

No matter what business you're in, business is business, and financing and money are critical. I would have made a lot fewer mistakes if I had more schooling in that area.

The business end of business has never interested me.

People follow proven formulas in any business.

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.

Even though I'm a hype man myself, I like the practicality of it all. People who understand how to turn a profit. At the end of the day, this is still business so I'm looking for real practical knowledge of how to actually make money, not necessarily raise it.

Everybody who goes through the business will make mistakes. The big question is how big will the mistakes be? How fast will they learn from the mistakes, and how quickly will they get the business in the correct direction?

When you start a business, go for the lowest hanging fruit.

Past success is no guarantee of future success, so I have learned to be an entrepreneur. I began to produce and direct my own projects.

A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing.

Starting a company, your success is going to be very dependent on how you adapt. You're going to make decisions, you're going to make bets; most of them are going to turn out to be wrong.

A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.

Every business I don't know, if I spend enough time - a couple of months - I will know a lot. I know quite a lot about football now. I know the value of players, and we won't do stupid things.

Once you start a business, you have to grow it and grow with it - starting a business is not just for Christmas.

We make a series of investments, some will pan out and some won't.