Daymond John, Part 2: How to partner like a shark

Masters of Scale

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Entrepreneurship, Business, Management, Reid Hoffman, Mindset, Diversity & Inclusion, Jeff Berman, Bob Safian, Startups

4.6 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Good partnerships transcend the transactional. In Part 2 of our two-part series featuring Daymond John, founder of FUBU and one of the original “sharks” on ABC’s Shark Tank, Daymond shows how aligning your mission with partners builds trust that can take your scale to a new level. Featuring stories about Shark Tank, the Kardashians, Coogi, Pharrell Williams, Trainual and more, Daymond delivers lessons on unexpected and unconventional partnerships that continue to fuel his personal brand and define his distinctive model for success.

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Bob Safian. You've been hearing me as the host of rapid response in this feed for a few years now,
0:07.8	with short newsy interviews alongside the deeper dives of Masters of Scale. Well, I'm excited to share that rapid response is expanding into its own feed.
0:17.0	We'll be putting out shows twice a week, focusing on the urgent issues that business leaders are dealing with in real time.
0:24.8	So search for rapid response in your podcast player and subscribe to make sure you get all our episodes.
0:31.2	I'll see you on the other side.
0:34.0	Welcome to Part 2 of my conversation about authentic partnerships with
0:37.8	Fubu co-founder Damon John.
0:40.0	If you missed Part 1, go back and listen.
0:42.3	It's in your master's a scale feed.
0:44.6	Previously, Damon told us about the rise of Fubu.
0:50.2	From a one-man operation to an iconic streetware brand.
0:56.0	But Damon has another claim to fame
0:58.0	as one of the founding cast members of ABC's Shark Tank.
1:04.0	So think of Part 1 as Damon's journey to becoming a shark.
1:10.0	And Part 2 as the story of how he learned to operate like one.
1:14.0	It's a journey that will take us far from his hometown of Hollis Queens to LA to
1:20.0	Hollywood, even to a memorable collaboration with the
1:23.5	Kardashians. This chapter begins in 2008. By this time,
1:29.1	David had not only scaled Fubu, but had become an author, investor, an occasional presence on cable TV.
1:37.0	I had just done Donnie Joyce is the big idea or something like that.
1:42.0	I come into my office. That time we still had all our office phones,
1:47.0	where you know our executive assistants
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