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If you can't come clean and tell investors how and why you failed, that raises a red flag. They need to see that you learned from it and came back stronger.

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Daymond John
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: February 23
Businessperson
Entrepreneur
Fashion Designer
Motivational Speaker
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Brooklyn
New York
Daymond Garfield John
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