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Daymond John

25 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 16, 2025 by Daymond John · said 12 times in 2 episodes since 2025 · across every show →

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Jul 16, 2025
Assertion Contradicted
Daymond John: Eight of the 12 Shark Tank Investors Are Dyslexic
“I think that being dyslexic, I always say eight of the 12 sharks are dyslexic.”
Daymond John Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 9:00 My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John
Jul 16, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Daymond John: FUBU Spray-Painted 300 Storefront Gates Across NY and NJ
“I spray painted 300 gates from New York to New Jersey. Authorized FUBU dealer. I didn't care that you were selling Chinese food. You were an authorized FUBU dealer.”
Daymond John Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 7:48 My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John
Jul 16, 2025 negative
Opinion
Daymond John: Wealthy founders seeking Shark Tank publicity are 'selfish bastards'
“If you have two million dollars in the bank, and you have your hat in your hand asking for money, and you have no no, you don't plan on closing a shark, you took that slot away from a family who risked everything, who their kids are not going to college, they'…”
Daymond John Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 33:40 My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John
Jul 16, 2025 negative
Insight
Daymond John: Flying private is a waste of time
“Flying private is a waste of time. Don't do it for other people's reasons.”
Daymond John Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 13:14 My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John
Jul 16, 2025
Disclosure
Daymond John: Turned Down $1.3 Billion Credit Line from Major Bank
“I'm not a billionaire. I'm not a billionaire by choice. I'm offered often, ah, you know, ah, huge venture deals, ah, a bank, very famous, well, the one of the most powerful banks said to me, Damien, you know what? I'll give you a 1.3 billion credit line.”
Daymond John Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 1:01:53 My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John
Jul 16, 2025
Disclosure
Daymond John: I am not leaving any inheritance to my children
“Because I'm not leaving them anything. You know, I put it in my kid's head ever since I was young that, and then, that they were young, that they were not going to get anything.”
Daymond John Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 11:15 My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John
Jul 16, 2025 negative
Insight
Daymond John: Pitching 'if we only get 1% of the market' instantly ruins deals
“The pitch that doesn't work for sure is the people that immediately come in and they just, everything is hypothetical and they assume. They don't have a history of things, and they go, the number one thing that you can say that I immediately check out, or I gi…”
Daymond John Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 28:07 My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John
Jul 16, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Daymond John: Only 96 of 40,000 Shark Tank applicants air per season
“You're only gonna have about 96 people that air. A thousand people will see the producers and 40,000 people applied.”
Daymond John Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 33:34 My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John
Jul 16, 2025 bullish
What-if
Daymond John: I could make FUBU a billion-dollar brand again
“Could I make it a probably A billion dollar brand again? Yes, I could. It would be a whole different model.”
Daymond John Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 20:55 My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John
Jul 16, 2025 neutral
Disclosure
Daymond John uses one-year non-shopping agreement to screen Shark Tank founders
“After we do the deal, you know in a handshake, I walk over to them and I send, I give them a piece of paper, very short one, and say, take it to your attorney. And it says on there something like, you know You're not gonna publicly shop this deal for another y…”
Daymond John Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 32:53 My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John
Jul 16, 2025
Disclosure
Daymond John: Largest single deal loss was about $6 million
“Probably about six million.”
Daymond John Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 36:11 My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John
Jul 16, 2025
Disclosure
Daymond John: First-year Shark Tank legal fees hit $750k before software
“I spent about 750,000 dollars in attorney fees alone just to look at the deal. Now I put it through a VC software, it cost me 10,000 dollars to do everything.”
Daymond John Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 54:54 My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John
Jul 16, 2025
Disclosure
Daymond John structures angel deals as options to avoid K-1 filings
“Also, you know, I look at a lot of the deals I do options on the deals. Because, you know, I'm not trying to fill out all this corporate filing and stuff like that, and especially if you're late on your K ones, and I'm late and all kind of stuff like that. So …”
Daymond John Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 55:13 My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John
Jul 16, 2025 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Daymond John: Average Shark Tank pitch lasts 30 to 60 minutes
“An average pitch is one hour long, maybe half an hour to an hour long. 16 cameras shooting it. So an hour pitch is 16 hours of footage for you to see eight minutes.”
Daymond John Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 31:04 My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John
Jul 16, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Daymond John: I Have Advised Every Living US President
“And I've advised every single living president till today, they haven't asked me for money, I can walk into any room, and they know who I am, and my name, I can open any company I want to, and I can walk into any room I want to, because my name goes in the roo…”
Daymond John Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 49:08 My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John
Jul 16, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Daymond John: I hold the most successful investment in Shark Tank history
“Well, I tell everybody Whenever I can, that I'm the lead shark with the most successful investment in history, shark tank history on all the shark tanks that exist around the world.”
Daymond John Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 1:50 My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John
Jul 16, 2025 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Daymond John: Black and white garments account for roughly 80% of apparel sales
“In the business, for the most part, almost 60% of all sales and clothing is black. 20% is white. The rest is just sprinkled in between.”
Daymond John Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 25:56 My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John
Jul 16, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Daymond John: FUBU Reused 10 Shirts Across 22 Music Video Sets
“I took 10 shirts for two years, The same 10. I'd go to every video set I could. I went to 40 video sets. I got kicked off of 18 of them, but the 22 that I got on, I would put an artist, and he'd shoot the video, and I'd take it back.”
Daymond John Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 7:05 My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John
Jul 16, 2025
Disclosure
Daymond John: We never sold FUBU and still do substantial business
“My partners and I, we never sold a brand because we love what it stands for, but we still do a good amount of business”
Daymond John Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 20:55 My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John
Jul 16, 2025 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Daymond John: Sharks close about 60% of on-air deals after 6-9 months
“Takes us six to nine months to close the deals. We close about 60% of the deals.”
Daymond John Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 31:14 My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John
Jul 16, 2025 bullish
Opinion
Daymond John: Shark Tank hits 3 in 10 winners versus VC's 2 in 10
“You know, I think two out of 10 is winners. I think we have three out of 10 because we have a baked in commercial.”
Daymond John Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 32:06 My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John
Jul 16, 2025 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Daymond John: Apparel brands make almost no profit outside jeans and t-shirts
“Clothing makes almost zero money off of anything else besides jeans and t-shirts.”
Daymond John Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 25:30 My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John
Jul 16, 2025
Insight
John: Capital highlights weaknesses rather than solving customer acquisition
“You know, the founders that believe that they need a ton of money. That's not the founder I want because money is going to highlight your weaknesses. If you can't get the same customers with 200 dollars, then you ain't going to get them with two million, right…”
Daymond John Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 4:26 My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John
Jul 16, 2025
Assertion Supported
Daymond John: NY-CA private round trip costs $100,000
“If I go to California, New York, round trip is a 100,000 dollars privately.”
Daymond John Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 13:26 My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John
Jul 16, 2025
Insight
Daymond John: Modern CEOs Without Public Brands Risk PR Crises
“Today's CEO is a person that they need to know who their brand is. The most successful CEOs I know, they're doing millions and billions of dollars, but nobody knows who they are. But yet the kid in the mailroom gets pissed off over a decision you make and put …”
Daymond John Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 48:14 My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John
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