If you can run one company, you can run another. Running companies are about inspiring and driving the best out of people. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
The time to go into a new business is when it’s badly run by others. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
The quickest way to become a millionaire in the airline business is to start out as a billionaire. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Starting a business is a huge amount of hard work... You had better enjoy it. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Focus on your business strengths and keep its weaknesses away from the competition or public. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
If you are a small company taking on a big company, you need to have a sense of humor. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
We've got an engaging, edgy, vibrant, fun product, ... It may or may not work, but we're going to give it our… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Having colleagues nearby, whether at the beach or in a crypt, means the ideas are always flowing — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Tough times are inevitable in life and in business. But how you compose yourself during those times defines your spirit and will… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I never learned the rules in the first place. To change the game is at the heart of what Virgin stands for,… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on gut feeling, especially if I can see… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Create the kind of workplace and company culture that will attract great talent. If you hire brilliant people, they will make work… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I learnt earlier on that If you can run one company.You can really run any company.A company is all about finding the… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Be creative. Innovate consistently on the little things that the big companies ignore. Little things often make big differences in business. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
If you're looking to become an entrepreneur then don't waste your time going to university or business school - just get on… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
We have teams of people working on electric cars. So you never know - you may find Virgin competing with the Tesla… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
To achieve consistently terrific customer service, you must hire wonderful people who believe in your company's goals, habitually do better than the… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I was the kind of entrepreneur that never really felt I made it. When Mike Olefield's "Tubular Bells" [Virgin Records' first release]… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Entrepreneursh ip is not about getting one over on the customer. It’s not about working on your own. It’s not about looking… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
An entrepreneur is somebody who is taking bold risks, is often doing things that have never been done before, trying to do… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Be willing to use yourself to get out there and put the company on the market. If you have to make a… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Fun is at the core of the way I like to do business and it has been key to everything I've done… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
If you run your business fairly; if you treat people well; if you try to move your business into areas that are… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
My number one rule in business, and in life, is to enjoy what you do. Running a business involves long hours and… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
There is no point in starting your own business unless you do it out of a sense of frustration. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
It is not for me (to decide). It is up to the company to decide whether the price is fair or not. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Please be polite. Nothing in life should erode the habit of saying thank you to people or praising them. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
You can never go too far wrong by thinking like a customer who’s new to the business. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
If you spot an opportunity and are really excited by it, throw yourself into it with everything you've got. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Any successful entrepreneur knows that time is more valuable than money itself. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
First of all, if you're setting up a new company, you want to try to find a brand that can work on… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
The most important thing for entrepreneurs is not to be put off by failure. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
As much as you need a strong personality to build a business from scratch, you also must understand the art of delegation. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Don't become a slave to technology - manage your phone, don't let it manage you. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Whatever business you are in, every company can shoot for the start in their own way. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I have always been a huge believer in the inestimable value good mentoring can contribute to any nascent business — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Customers shouldn't just think of your business as a place to buy a product or use a service - it should be… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I have fun running all the Virgin businesses, so a setback is never a bad experience, just a learning curve — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Lavish praise on people and people will flourish; criticize people and they'll shrivel up. — Richard Branson Copy Share
I've used the Phoenix Centrifuge to replicate what the body's going to go through on the flight up. I've also done some gravity tests… — Richard Branson Copy Share
As an adventurer...I try to protect against the downside. I make sure I have covered as many eventualities as I can. In the end,… — Richard Branson Copy Share
I will work day and night to avoid failure, but if I can't, I'll pick myself up the next day. The most important thing… — Richard Branson Copy Share
Tough times are inevitable in life and in business. But how you compose yourself during those times defines your spirit and will define your… — Richard Branson Copy Share
All successful people - not just entrepreneurs - have got things wrong over and over again before finding the right solution. — Richard Branson Copy Share
We have the enormous opportunity in our hands to make a positive difference for business, people, and the planet. — Richard Branson Copy Share
I'm a great believer in life to saying yes and not saying no, and hopefully making people smile and just having fun in life. — Richard Branson Copy Share
Business leaders take things far too seriously, and forget that most of the time people spend in their lives is at work, and it… — Richard Branson Copy Share
I love the freedom of movement that my phone gives me. That has definitely transformed my life. — Richard Branson Copy Share
Everything in your business can be outsourced... if you're not emotionally attached to doing it all. — Richard Branson Copy Share
People have to decide on priorities if they want to get anywhere. The best lessons I learned was to just do it. — Richard Branson Copy Share
There isn't a flight goes by when I don't stare out of the window and thank my stars for what I'm seeing and feeling. — Richard Branson Copy Share
![“I was the kind of entrepreneur that never really felt I made it. When Mike Olefield's "Tubular Bells" [Virgin Records' first release] sold 8 or 10 million copies, I suppose, at age 19, I could've possibly retired on the money. Instead, I immediately pushed the boat and took that risk again.” quote by Richard Branson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/433/richard-branson-256_age_i-was-the-kind-of-entrepreneur-that-neve_90171.jpg)
