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The Playbook With David Meltzer

The Biggest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Scaling a Business | A Conversation With Daymond John

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Dive into this week’s episode with Daymond John, Founder, President, and CEO of FUBU, investor on Shark Tank, & founder of The Shark Group, as he discusses the “secret of the deal” on an all-new Season Two episode of Office Hours. On this episode, John shares his insights on the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make when scaling a business, getting the most out of your deal flow, and why self-belief is key to making the most of your opportunities. — Office Hours features billionaires, millionaires, entrepreneurs, celebrities, athletes and entertainers to talk about success, failure, and everything in between. Other guests from Season 2 include: Entrepreneur and best-selling author Ed Mylett, US Olympic beach volleyball legend Kerri Walsh Jennings, chef and restaurateur Wolfgang Puck, New York Times best-selling author, researcher, lecturer, and corporate consultant Dr Joe Dispenza, host, journalist, and news personality Cari Champion, "The Iceman" Wim Hof, and Grant Cardone, CEO of Cardone Enterprises, Cardone Capital, international speaker, entrepreneur, and author of The 10X Rule. Stream Season 2 of Office Hours now on Apple TV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Our next guest is Damon John, founder, president, and CEO of Boo Boo.

0:05.7

Investor on Shartane, founder of the Shart Group.

0:09.9

Welcome back to office hours.

0:11.8

Super excited here. It doesn't get any better than this guys to have

0:15.8

one of the greatest entrepreneurs in history, one of the greatest entrepreneurs alive,

0:20.0

one of the greatest entrepreneurs who I know and love.

0:23.1

The incredible Damon John, president, founder of Boo Boo, CEO of Boo Boo.

0:28.1

He is also an investor in the world's biggest entrepreneurial show,

0:32.7

the most popular show, Shartanec, and has created the Shart Group.

0:36.8

This man has seen more deals than probably most people have read books.

0:42.2

Incredible. Welcome to office hours, Damon John.

0:44.7

Welcome. I mean, you said my name.

0:46.0

I was looking around for the greatest entrepreneur, Thomas, and the live.

0:49.6

I was like, wait, who?

0:51.9

I just lost six friends, but it was worth it.

0:54.2

Even though you were an idiot, I love it.

0:57.1

The reason I wanted to build that up, because there is a great education, and I know Napoleon Hill

1:02.0

kind of started by talking to people and learning from them what their secret sauce is.

1:06.6

One of the things I love about the position you're in and I'm blessed to be in a similar one

1:12.3

is to see so many deals, because I believe it's a way to be in Napoleon Hill.

1:17.0

That we're taking so many lessons in and we're learning about human nature and we're learning

1:21.4

about math. You know, for you, you've seen at least as many deals as anyone on Earth.

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