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As an entrepreneur, you love your business like a child, and you're taught to be laser-focused on the business.

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Daymond John
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: February 23
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Try to make all the mistakes with your own money and on a small level so that when you are responsible for a partner's money or assets you've learned and you don't make bigger mistakes. Try to go as far as you can without anybody else's help first.
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If you aren't living your dreams then you're living your fears.
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I look to work with businesses that know what they are doing but need larger distribution or exposure.
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While good business ideas are plentiful, many entrepreneurs struggle to understand payroll taxes, health care and other thorny issues… In other words, they don't have the financial literacy to scale their businesses and attract investors.
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I think the single biggest turn off is people who think that they need money and they need all these people around them so if they get the money they can just buy all the things they need to help the company... [without] hav[ing] to put in the work themselves.
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I consider each business investment based on concept and revenue.
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Truth is the easiest thing to sell.
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A savvy entrepreneur will not always look for investment money, first.
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Everyone has an idea, but it’s taking those first steps toward turning that idea into a reality that are always the toughest.
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Product is always king.
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Pioneers get slaughtered, and the settlers prosper.
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Whether people know it or not, I'm a big nature guy. I like snowboarding, I like fishing, and those are my ways to wind down.
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You don’t get rich off your day job, you get rich off your homework.
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An entrepreneur must pitch a potential investor for what the company is worth as well as sell the dream on how much of a profit can be made.
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Always dress to what is accurate to who and what you are.
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Learn as many mistakes and what not to do while your business or product is small. Don’t be in such a hurry to grow your brand. Make sure that you and the market can sustain any bumps that may occur down the road.
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I think it's only failure if you put the word failure on it. I think it's part of the process of learning where you're going to go and what doesn't work.
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Poor people put a low value on themselves and their efforts.
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I do today what people won't, so I achieve tomorrow what other people can't.
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Life is a cruel teacher. She loves to give you the test first and the lesson later.
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