Daymond John Quotes

Overnight I became a cottage industry.

To be honest, I have never had a 9-5 job where I worked for someone else.

Every individual is essentially now a small business and entrepreneur.

My son is now an 'entrepreneur.' That's what you're called when you don't have a job.

I'm in exactly the same position as everybody else who has a small business.

You either go through your life working for someone and getting a paycheck - and it can be a damn good paycheck, and I am not complaining as someone who has always been a salaried employee - or you can go out and become an entrepreneur.

I'm in the process of trying to find something that I could do on my own.

For those working menial jobs or putting in 100-hour weeks for corporations, the lure of starting your own business can seem like a great way to get more flexibility, upside, and ownership.

I need to work outside government, on my own.

I have had a 'real' job for only four years of my life, which means I only collected a traditional paycheck for that very short period of time.

My goal is to try to avoid a regular job.

Independent contractors - a rapidly growing piece of the workforce - can often achieve the best quality of life. They can choose from where they work, whom they work for and for how long.

Just because someone isn't working at an office doesn't mean they're not working hard at something.

If you're going to start a company, it's not going to be in the millions of dollars, but it's going to be something - for a lot of these kids - out of the trunk of their car, the same way that I did.

Corporate stand-up allowed me to make my own schedule and make money as if I was in show business.

The future of work is really about people deciding to live and work in the way that they want.

I've always loved small business.

The future of work is changing. It's becoming a world where you are owning a lot about how you make your living.

I'm a big fan of small business ownership. I think it's the backbone of American innovation. But to be successful, you first have to have the courage to go for it.

My dad started his business, No Limit, for himself.

I opened up a frozen-yogurt business out of college. I didn't finish college; I went halfway, and then I worked for Joel Silver, the producer, as a driver for a year.

In America, small business is a big deal.

I am a babe for a living.

The best talent in the venture industry doesn't work in large companies and won't work in large companies.

Consolidation isn't new, though... it was a major factor in our rush to form the Gathering and place a stake in the ground to ensure that there is a solid path for developers who are willing to stay independent and build their own companies on their own terms.