<p>Straight from the set of <em>Shark Tank</em> and the boardroom of FUBU, Daymond John takes audiences through his hard-won, real-world lessons on leadership, innovation, entrepreneurialism, and what it takes to succeed. </p><p><span style="font-size: 13px;">An entrepreneur in every sense of the word, Daymond John has come a long way from taking out a $100,000 mortgage on his mother’s house and moving his business operation into its basement. John is CEO and Founder of FUBU, a much-celebrated global lifestyle brand, and a pioneer in the fashion industry with billions in product sales world-wide. 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.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 13px;">John is an award-winning entrepreneur and has received 100s of awards including the Brand Week Marketer of the Year, Advertising Age Marketing 1000 Award for Outstanding Ad Campaign, Ernst & Young’s New York Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and was named #2 on LinkedIn’s Top 20 Voices, a list of the top influencers, who are using their voice to help us analyze today’s changing world of work, navigate our industries, and find balance. Most recently,</span><em style="font-size: 13px;"> Real Leaders Magazine </em><span style="font-size: 13px;">named Daymond John one of the Top 20 Keynote Speakers in the World in 2024 as one of the leading voices driving change.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 13px;">His marketing strategies and ability to build successful brands has made him a highly influential consultant and motivational speaker today. His marketing firm The Shark Group offers advice on how to effectively communicate to consumers through innovative means and connects brands with the world’s top celebrities for everything from endorsements to product extensions.</span></p>
Shark Tank Investor, Entrepreneur, and FUBU CEO shares his inspirational stories of overcoming obstacles to achieve success
<ul><li><strong>Daymond John's 5 Shark Points: Fundamentals for Success in Business and Life</strong></li><li>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.”</li><li>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. </li><li><strong>Get Into the Goal-Setting Mindset</strong></li><li>In this keynote, "The Shark" Daymond John shares with audiences how he went from driving cabs and waiting tables to creating a global fashion empire with retail sales exceeding four billion dollars to date and a starring role on ABC's hit reality business show, Shark Tank. John awes audiences with true-life tales of his incredible successes -- and several teachable failures. He motivates, inspires, and instructs them on how to set their own goals and go after them with renewed focus, zeal, and determination.</li><li><strong>All the World's a Stage: You Are a Brand</strong></li><li>In this informative keynote, marketing mastermind Daymond John not only explains how to market and brand a product, but more importantly, explains how to brand yourself and transfer that power to your job, company or product. Not only will attendees learn the importance of branding, but John will reveal some of the tricks that helped him expand his brand into dozens of countries around the globe.</li></ul>