Daymond John
42 statements across 5 episodes · 7 bullish · 5 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Apr 9, 2018 by Daymond John · said 9 times in 3 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
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2026 2 mentions in 1 episode
2023 6 mentions in 1 episode
2018 1 mention in 1 episode
Everything said about Daymond John, oldest first
Apr 9, 2018 negative
Daymond John initially thought Shark Tank sucked and would never succeed
“I went for an audition, and they ended up using the pilot as the first couple of episodes, Shark Tank, and before I know it, the show that I thought would never get anywhere and sucked with these, you know, five business people just talking business all the ti…”
Apr 9, 2018
Apr 9, 2018 bullish
Apr 9, 2018
Daymond John: McDonald's nets more over five years than dealing drugs
“I've always been somewhat analytical, and I remember doing the math one day about you know, if I were to work in McDonald's, and if I were to sell drugs over the course of five years, where, would I make more money, and it looked like I would make more money a…”
Apr 9, 2018
FUBU seeded 20 oversized shirts to New York bouncers for visibility
“Right, so what we did was we just found a place that made four X, five X, six X shirts, and we made 20 of those shirts, because We made twain them because we knew that if we gave these guys these shirts, these guys were normally bodyguards.”
Apr 9, 2018
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Apr 9, 2018
FUBU founders racked up $50,000 in high-interest credit card debt
“Like many businesses, I leveraged my credit cards you know, up until I think my partners and I, all of us leveraged our credit cards up to pay about 50,000 dollars with a very high interest rate, which is not the smartest thing to do.”
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Nov 4, 2019 positive
Daymond John Calculated McDonald's Paid More Than Dealing Drugs Risk-Adjusted
“I remember doing the math one day about you know, if I were to work in McDonald's, and if I were to sell drugs over the course of five years, where, when I make more money, and it looked like I would make more money at McDonald's. Because if you look at the dr…”
Nov 4, 2019
Nov 4, 2019
Nov 4, 2019
John: FUBU founders racked up $50,000 in credit card debt
“So of course, you know, like many businesses, I leveraged my credit cards you know, up until I think my partners and I, all of us leveraged our credit cards up to about 50,000 dollars with a very high interest rate, which is not the smartest thing to do.”
Nov 4, 2019 neutral
Nov 4, 2019 positive
Nov 4, 2019
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Nov 4, 2019 negative
Daymond John Initially Believed Shark Tank Would Fail Because Business Is Boring
“The show that I thought would never get anywhere and sucked with these, you know, five business people just talking business all the time, who wants to see that? Before I know it, you know, we're going into our 10th year.”
Nov 4, 2019 neutral
Daymond John: FUBU drastically reduced distribution and logos in 2003
“What we did was we reduced Most of the distribution of it. I mean, we still obviously kept our categories, but we would really narrow down to just a couple of stores just to test the product and see how it's going. Cause we felt that it just needed to cool dow…”
Nov 4, 2019 positive
Nov 4, 2019
Nov 4, 2019 negative
Sep 19, 2022 positive
Heath: Bombas closed $1M seed and renegotiated Daymond John deal
“And we just closed our million dollars of seed funding and basically said, look, we don't need any more cash. So, you know, can we renegotiate the deal to provide you with some upside with no kind of cash investment? And the two of us Damon and Bombas came to …”
Jun 19, 2023 negative
Spikeball's Shark Tank Deal With Daymond John Collapsed Over Licensing
“And when we talked about sort of what direction it would be or what do we want to do, his main interest lied in licensing. So I think he said something along the lines of, you know, Chris, I've got friends at Marvel Comics. Let's maybe explore like a Spider-Ma…”
Aug 27, 2026 bullish
Aug 27, 2026 positive
Aug 27, 2026
Daymond John: Retaining niche origin story will not alienate broader buyers
“I think that jujitsu, first of all, is the natural history. That's the fubu for us by us. And I think it's a little too early to hop off of that because you want to hang on to something. It does not mean it's going to alienate anybody”
Aug 27, 2026
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Aug 27, 2026 negative
Daymond John: Big-Box Retail Puts More Brands Out of Business Than It Helps
“So by the way, when you go to retail. You do four times the amount of work for half of the reward, right? Because you know, you now have to deal with buyers. You had to become a vendor record. You have to ship it. And by the way, you know, the larger companies…”
Aug 27, 2026
Aug 27, 2026
Daymond John: Founders unable to answer 'why me, why now' offer copycat products
“So I always ask founders and say, you know, you can't answer why me? Why now? And why this? Then you have a me too product, but you have to add all the time to your career, be able to say, why me? Why now? And why this?”