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Aug 2021
57m 52s

Turning $40 into a $6B (w/ Daymond John)

Noah Kagan
About this episode

Daymond John is the CEO and founder of the $6 billion global brand FUBU and star of ABC's Shark Tank. His consulting agency, The Shark Group, has worked with more than 100 startups and his books, The Power of Broke and Rise and Grind, were New York Times best sellers.

Now, Daymond's releasing a self-narrated Audible Original titled Founding FUBU where he shares his journey as a kid from Queens who turned $40 into a $6 billion empire. In this episode, we dive into his story, why he writes his own obituary every year and at the end, I pitch Daymond AppSumo (Shark Tank-style)。

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