Shark Tank’s Daymond John revealed the rapper Ice-T taught him to quit cutting corners at work because ‘the time you think you saved today becomes the wall you face tomorrow’

Daymond John didn’t become a $350 million Shark Tank mogul by playing it safe—or by cutting corners. The FUBU founder went from flipping used cars and waiting tables at Red Lobster to backing hits like Bombas, one of the show’s most successful bets ever—and he says one Ice‑T mantra about shortcuts has quietly guided every step.

“Here’s the truth: If you keep cutting corners…all you end up doing is going in circles,” John wrote on X last week. “Every corner you cut creates a problem you’ll eventually have to come back and fix.