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\u201cSelf-made man.\u201d A seductive moniker that\u2019s generally used to assert some level of mastery of the physical, of one\u2019s destiny.<\/p>\n

And whenever seduction is present, temptation is inherent. The temptation to apply the term liberally, when it isn\u2019t appropriate. Because, who\u2019s to know?<\/p>\n

Using that term frivolously is something a man who made the trek would never do. There\u2019s a vibration, a weight, to an accomplishment that significant.<\/p>\n

By all measures, John Paul DeJoria, the man behind mega-brands John Paul Mitchell Systems and Patron Tequila, is a self-made man. And though he would never say it, and would probably refrain from ever using the term to describe himself, he is perhaps the ultimate<\/em> self-made man.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrowing up in Echo Park, California, downtown L.A., at the age of two years old my dad left us \u2013 he was a deadbeat dad,\u201d DeJoria told me. \u201cSo it\u2019s just my mother, my brother, and I growing up. It was hard times. My mother ran into some medical issues where she couldn\u2019t work. So, we ended up in a foster home in East L.A. from Monday through Friday. And we did that until I was about nine-years-old. We were with my mom on the weekends and there during the week.\u201d<\/p>\n

DeJoria\u2019s time in the foster home served as the catalyst for his earliest entrepreneurial experience. An experience that would shape the rest of his life.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn weekends we\u2019d go to the Boy\u2019s Club on Cincinnati Street in East L.A. For 25 cents, we could get all the wood we needed to build these really nice flower boxes and the club would give us a credit. This is the early 1950\u2019s. My brother and I would make one, then go and walk down the street and talk to people and try sell our flower box.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur first sale was for 50 cents to a lady that was a waitress in a coffee shop. And it was on Wabash Avenue in East L.A., I\u2019ll never forget it. So, we went back and paid our 25 cents credit. In those days, 5 cents would buy a soda pop. So 25 cents would buy you five soda pops; that was a lot of money in the early 50s. So what we did was, took the 25 cents profit we had made and paid for another flower box to be built. So when we sold the second flower box, that 50 cents was all ours<\/em>. That was my first entrepreneurial adventure.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen after high school, I went into the Navy. And from the Navy, I went to work in a variety of jobs. One of the better jobs I had in my early 20s was selling encyclopedias door to door for Collier\u2019s, no salary, commission only. If you didn\u2019t sell, you made nothing<\/em>. The average encyclopedia salesman lasted three days. Britannica had it made; they had appointments! We had no appointments! You would knock on doors and people would close them in your face. I lasted three years and it was a great experience for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

At 26, he got his first job in the beauty industry working for Redken Laboratories. Despite \u2013 and essentially because of — increasing sales revenue, he was fired two years later. Over the next four and a half years, the story repeated itself two more times; DeJoria was fired from companies that he made more profitable.<\/p>\n

He was told he \u201cwasn\u2019t corporate enough,\u201d the he wasn\u2019t \u201cone of us.\u201d From people he respected and had ultimately built his life around. DeJoria had enough and decided to roll the dice by striking out on his own.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 1979 or 1980, a friend of mine who I\u2019d known for 9 years named Paul Mitchell was a hairdresser in the beauty industry. He tried to come out with a product line and it just failed. A total, miserable failure, unfortunately. He knew nothing about business or putting a product line together. So I said, \u201cPaul, let me try to help you out here as a friend.\u201d Because I\u2019m consulting so I\u2019ve got some money coming in.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs it turned out, Paul had no money, no business sense, and nobody was following through. The only reason it was going to work is I knew marketing, sales and how to get products made. So I said, \u201cHow about you and I start a company? You own 30%, I own 30% and we have to raise half a million dollars so we\u2019ll give the person putting in the money 40% of the company.\u201d Paul was getting to his last bucks. He said, \u201cJP great<\/em> \u2013 let\u2019s do it.\u201d So I organized everything and put it together. Took some of his old products and revamped them and came up with another new one.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re ready to launch our new product line. And a friend of mine, found me an investor for half a million dollars. I quit everything I was doing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe relationship I was in wasn\u2019t working out so I gave her all the money, the new car, the house because we had a child \u2013 everything<\/em>. I took the used car \u2013 it was a nice used car though, OK? \u2013 and a few hundred bucks in my pocket and left, going down the hill to pick up the money that was supposed to be transferred into this bank account. No big deal. And when the money came in, I was going to check into, right there on Ventura Boulevard in North Hollywood, this little hotel because I\u2019d be working all the time. And the money never<\/em> came in!<\/p>\n

\u201cI asked Paul how much money he had. He said, \u2018J.P., I have none. I\u2019m on my last bucks.\u2019 He was expecting to get some money too. \u2018I can afford $350 bucks, that\u2019s it.\u2019 And I had a couple hundred bucks but I needed to live on that.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith nowhere else to go, I went to my mom\u2019s house.\u00a0 And I was too embarrassed, too much pride to say, \u201cMom, here\u2019s what happened, I left my present situation, I don\u2019t have any money, can I live in my old room?\u201d Because I knew my room was open in the house. I was too proud.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018Mom can I borrow $350?\u2019 She said, \u2018Well you\u2019ve got money.\u2019 I said, \u2018Riiiiiiight<\/em>. Can I borrow it now and pay you in a month?\u2019 And she said, \u2018Here you go.\u2019 She had no idea how bad things were. So I took my $350 and his $350 and that\u2019s how we started.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fast forward 30 years and DeJoria would build John Paul Mitchell Systems into a billion-dollar business. Then, he\u2019d create the Patron Spirits Company, the world’s highest-quality\u00a0ultra-premium tequila, another billion-dollar success.<\/p>\n

But at this point in his life, now what<\/em>? Armed only with a total of 12 purchase orders and checks, he convinced a distributor to become the \u201cexclusive\u201d distributor of Paul Mitchell for all of Southern California. How did he do that<\/em>?<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst move with the money was to get the artwork. Because you need the artwork to give to your silk screener. I had everything set up on 30-day credit. People knew me from the beauty industry, so I had the bottles on 30-day credit, the silk screener on 30-day credit, and the guy who filled it on 30-day credit. I couldn\u2019t do anything until we had the artwork for the first three products we were going to launch.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to the guy who did the artwork and I was very honest with him and said, \u2018Hey man, we\u2019ve got $700! Can I give you $200 now as a down payment?\u2019 He said, \u2018Nope! My bill is $1,000 and I\u2019m never going to get the rest. With all due respect, give me the $700 because I know you need the artwork.\u2019 So I did!<\/p>\n

\u201cImmediately, I sent it to the guy who did the silk screening. I called him at the same time as the bottler and said, — because I had 30-day credit \u2013 \u2018Hey, send 10,000 bottles if you would, a sample run to the silk screener.\u2019 And they said, \u201cSure J.P. When do you want the other 90,000 you were going to order? And I said, \u2018Oh, this is just a sample run so I want to get these first, no problem on the other 90,000!\u2019 HA<\/em>! The filler? Called him immediately and said, \u2018I need 3,000 shampoo one, 3,000 shampoo two, 4,000 of the conditioner as quick as possible.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the day I pulled the trigger on the bottles, to the day I actually had product was two weeks. I now had two weeks left of living in my car until it was due. So I went up to Ventura Boulevard in Los Angeles, knocking door to door like I did with selling encyclopedias, salon to salon to salon, selling my products.<\/p>\n

\u201cI bought an answering machine for $49 and this girl I knew \u2013 a really wonderful English girl \u2013 was the voice on the machine. (In British accent) \u2018Hello, this is John Paul Mitchell Systems. We\u2019re really busy and we will call you back at the end of the day please leave us a message.\u2019 To look like we were bigger, like it wasn\u2019t just me and Paul.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sold 12 salons the product during this time, using that approach. I took the checks and the orders for those and I went to a big distributor. This is when I was still living in my car, mind you! And I said, \u2018Would you like to be my distributor?\u2019 I gave them a great presentation on why my little three products were going to change the world. Why one of our shampoos saves you money from buying two in terms of shampoo and conditioner \u2013 just a whole great story.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd he said, \u2018You\u2019re a nice guy. But I\u2019m a big distributor, I\u2019ve got a lot of big lines. Why would I want to take on your line? No thank you.\u2019 I said, \u2018Well sir. Here\u2019s why you should take it on.\u2019 Remember, we were hard up! \u2018For only $2,000 you can be the exclusive<\/em> distributor for all of Southern California; L.A. County, Orange County, it\u2019s all yours.\u2019 He says, \u2018No, no, no, no. You may never get anywhere with your line.\u2019 I said, \u2018I\u2019ve got a second reason for you.\u2019 I pulled out all the purchase orders and checks and put it in front of him.\u201d I said, \u2018These are your first twelve orders \u2013 I went out and sold them, here\u2019s the checks. And I\u2019ll stay here every day until your majority is sold.\u2019 He laughed and said, \u201cI\u2019ve never seen anything like this before in my life \u2013 DONE. But you better be here to sell it every day.\u2019 So I went out each day with a different salesman and I showed them how to sell the products. And the rest is history, as they say!\u201d<\/p>\n

From the humblest possible beginning, DeJoria made himself and created his future. Aside from becoming a successful businessman, that future also included two separate stints training the CIA in successful leadership practices, guest appearances on ABC\u2019s Shark Tank<\/em>, a private meeting with the Dalai Lama to exchange ideas on world peace, and charitable involvement in causes as varied as eco-friendly sustainability, and education and employment opportunities for the homeless.<\/p>\n

His latest business venture, Aubio, a cold sore treatment gel<\/a> based on the Awapuhi plant, boasts a success rate of over 90%. Why he would want to build another brand?<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy do I want to build another billion-dollar thing? Because it helps out two thirds of the population of the United States – it\u2019s affordable and it works. I\u2019m high-profile; I can\u2019t say stuff that\u2019s not true or I get hung on it, alright? Every single person I\u2019ve given it to, it has worked on. So I invested millions \u2013 plural, millions<\/em> \u2013 to get this thing going. You can get it via Amazon<\/a> or at any Target store. And it works<\/em>. \u201c<\/p>\n

Speaking of things working out, when was the absolute moment he knew he was successful?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was two years after we started in 1981. We were able to pay every bill on time. Not pay them off; but pay them on time<\/em>. And have $4,000 left over. It took us two years and I thought, \u2018Boy, we have it made.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd yes, I paid my mom back the $350 I owed her!\u201d<\/p>\n

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