Daymond John: Pitching 'if we only get 1% of the market' instantly ruins deals
Daymond John · My Billion Dollar Shark Tank Investment: Daymond John · Jul 16, 2025 · at 28:07
FUBU founder and Shark Tank investor Daymond John explains to Codie Sanchez the pitching mistakes that cause investors on the show to immediately pass.
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“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 give you some kind of royalty offer, like a Kevin O'Leary, because I go, this person's almost out of business, is this is a fifty million, billion dollar market, and if I only get one percent. I guarantee you every one of the charts are almost out”
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