Thoughts on Leadership: Lessons from Shark Tank’s Daymond John

By Gino Blefari

This week my travels found me starting the work week early, with a flight to Naples, Florida on Sunday. On Monday, I participated in my typical WIG calls and then joined the start of the T3 Leadership Summit where I spoke onstage the following day. On Wednesday, I returned home to work out of my Northern California office and tomorrow, I’ll fly to Omaha for the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting.

During the T3 Leadership Summit, I had the honor of hearing Daymond John speak about disruption and entrepreneurship. John is the founder of global lifestyle brand FUBU and a regular on ABC’s “Shark Tank.” He’s also been on LinkedIn’s list of Top 20 Voices and received Ernst & Young’s New York Entrepreneur of the Year award.

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THOUGHTS ON LEADERSHIP: CELEBRATING JULY 4TH

This week my travels find me in Northern California, working with our teams across the country – and world – while preparing for the Fourth of July. As a student of history and its finest leaders, July 4th is my favorite time of year. I spend the day grilling with my family and at night, we watch brilliant fireworks light up the summer sky.

Though Independence Day wasn’t declared a federal holiday until 1941, it’s been celebrated since the American Revolution. (Massachusetts was the first state to make it a state holiday in 1781.) But let’s step back in time to June 1776 …

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