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Hey folks, this week we are revisiting one of our favorite episodes.

It's the entrepreneurial origin story of Shark Tank's Damon John.

He shared the fascinating tale of how he founded Fubu for us, by us,

with host Reed Hoffman back in 2022.

We hope you enjoy it.

I was fortunate enough to grow up in Hollis, Queens,

where they believe something's in the water,

because there's got to be 30 hip-hop artists

to come out of that area.

And L.L.KUJ. lived in the neighborhood.

That's Damon John.

He's the founder of Fubu and one of the original sharks on ABC Shark Tank.

But in 1994, he was a man from Queens trying to find L.L. Cool J.

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