Daymond John: Business Motivation
Motivational speaker and entrepreneur Daymond John delivers branding, business growth and startup strategy insights, helping leaders build scalable brands and turn ideas into successful ventures.
Quick Facts:
- Highlights:
- Founder of FUBU, scaled into a $6 billion global brand
- Star investor on Emmy Award-winning show Shark Tank
- Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship (PAGE)
- New York Times bestselling author
- Formats: Motivational Speaker and Entrepreneur
- Audiences: Entrepreneurs, business leaders, startups and organizations seeking growth, branding and innovation strategies
- Outcomes:
- Learn how to build and scale a successful brand
- Develop an entrepreneurial mindset and resilience
- Apply practical strategies for business growth and innovation
- Travels from: New York, NY
- **Fee range: $75,001 - $100,000
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Keynote Topics:
5 S.HA.R.K. POINTS
Daymond John has been a phenomenally successful business person for over 25 years. Along his entrepreneurial journey, through his many successes as well as failures, he has learned a few things about getting the best out of business and life.
He believes the keys to his success include establishing the right mindset and following a few fundamental principles, which he calls his five “S.H.A.R.K points.”
Get ready!
Daymond John is going to share his unique goal-setting and achievement strategies, which will empower audience members to make positive changes in every aspect of their lives.
Motivation
As a motivational speaker, Daymond’s quintessential rags-to-riches success story of sacrifice, hard work, and perseverance as well as the unique and charismatic way he communicates it, will inspire any audience.
Much more than a business advisor, Daymond shares his unique goal setting and achieving strategies, which will empower audience members to make positive changes in every aspect of their lives for immediate and long-term success.
“The People’s Shark” Daymond John, will reveal how you too can live the American Dream.
Business
As a dynamic business speaker with over twenty years of hands-on proven business experience, Daymond shares the strategies that continue to bring him financial success.
As Founder and CEO, Daymond steered FUBU from a mere concept to a global fashion powerhouse with annual retail sales exceeding $350 million at its peak. Utilizing many of the same tactics commonly used today, Daymond John pioneered the art of integrating fashion, culture, and music nearly twenty years ago.
From his then unprecedented guerrilla marketing and branding techniques to the continuously innovative ways in which he uses social media, brand integration, and his expertise on pop culture, Daymond remains a cutting edge business strategist.
Daymond teaches audience members how to apply his successful methods to a wide range of businesses today. He shares winning tips for negotiating and negotiating for women, boosting sales, improving employee morale, increasing productivity, and optimizing staff talents.
Daymond’s pragmatic advice resonates with everyone from students and entry-level employees to small business owners and corporate CEOs. Each will walk away with invaluable tools to incorporate into their professional endeavors.
Talent Short Bio
Daymond John is a globally recognized entrepreneur, branding expert and motivational keynote speaker best known as the founder of FUBU, a fashion brand he built from a $40 budget into a $6 billion global phenomenon. His journey from humble beginnings to business success has made him a powerful voice on entrepreneurship, resilience and innovation.
As a star investor on the Emmy Award-winning TV show Shark Tank, Daymond has helped countless entrepreneurs grow and scale their businesses. Known as “The People’s Shark,” he is respected for his practical advice, mentorship and ability to identify high-potential ideas and transform them into successful ventures.
Daymond is also a New York Times bestselling author and was appointed by President Barack Obama as a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship, supporting the next generation of business leaders worldwide.
Read Full Bio
Daymond John has come a long way from turning a $40 budget into FUBU, a $6 billion fashion game-changer. Throughout his career, Daymond has continued to be an entrepreneur in every sense of the word. He is not only a pioneer in the fashion industry but a Shark on the 4-time Emmy Award winning Shark Tank, a New York Times best-selling author, branding guru, and highly sought-after motivational speaker.
Former President Barack Obama appointed Daymond John a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship (PAGE) to harness his energy, ideas, and experience to help develop the next generation of entrepreneurs both at home and abroad.
With years of experience as both a successful entrepreneur and mentor, Daymond landed a co-starring role on ABC’s business show, Shark Tank. Throughout his ten seasons on the show, Daymond has given countless aspiring entrepreneurs the opportunity to work alongside him and his team, showing them the ins and outs of what they need to take their business to the next level.
As “The Peoples Shark”, Daymond John has made an impact on the hopeful entrepreneurs vying for an investment in the Tank, as well as the millions of weekly viewers sitting at home, through his relatable story and journey to success that continues to both motivate and inspire.
As the most watched program on Friday nights, Shark Tank has maintained an impressive average weekly viewership of over 8 million and has won 4 Emmy Awards. Shark Tank is also syndicated on CNBC, and continues to be the channel’s top rated show.
Most recently, Real Leaders Magazine named Daymond John one of the Top 50 Keynote Speakers in the World in 2022, a list of “real teachers — people who speak from experience.”
As a motivational speaker, Daymond John quintessential rags-to-riches success story of sacrifice, hard work, and perseverance as well as the unique and charismatic way he communicates it, will inspire any audience. With a unique “music inspired” keynote and his famous fireside chat, Daymond has the unique ability to step out of the tank and give you a look behind the curtain and the secrets he used to become a massive success.
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