I love stirring the pot. I love giving big companies a run for their money - especially if they're offering expensive, poor-quality… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
A company's employees are its greatest asset and your people are your product — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Loyal employees in any company create loyal customers, who in turn create happy shareholders. — 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
Happiness is the secret ingredient for successful businesses. If you have a happy company it will be invincible. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
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
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
Your employees are your company’s real competitive advantage. They’re the ones making the magic happen-so long as their needs are being met. — 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
What does the name Virgin mean? We are a company that likes to take on the giants. In too many businesses, these… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Be swift to take advantage of business opportunities. Bigger companies are too cumbersome to move quickly; this can be a competitive advantage… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I like to take chances on people, and whenever possible, promote from within - it sends a great message to everyone in… — 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
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
Companies need to have a lot more flexibility with their people... . If somebody wants to golf around the world for two… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
What we are trying to do at Virgin is not to have one enormous company in one sector under one banner, but… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I think bands will actually make more money without record companies; a much bigger share of the money will go to the… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I suspect in most companies, the public relations person is down at No. 20 in the pecking order. But here, he is… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Virgin, is how good you are with people. If you're - if you're good with people and you've got - you know,… — 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 believe a great company, whether improving a sector or creating a new one, needs to have an excellent product or service… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
The first thing to look for when searching for a great employee is somebody with a personality that fits with your company… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Every business, like a painting, operates according to its own rules. There are many ways to run a successful company. What works… — 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
A company is people … employees want to know… am I being listened to or am I a cog in the wheel?… — 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
Making money never was my incentive. I just want to fight big companies. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I enjoy the company of other people. That's where I get most of my satisfaction from — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
An exceptional company is the one that gets all the little details right. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Your company should act as a springboard for ambitious employees, not a set of shackles. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
However small a company, its founders should try to expand people's opportunities and choices. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Fortunately we're not a public company - we're a private group of companies, and I can do what I want. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I think business needs to have a heart and to have a heart a company must be more than just a moneymaking… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
To have created one of the most respected companies in the world. Not necessarily the biggest. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Because I don't see Virgin as a company but as a way of life and I fully enjoy it, I don't think… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
If a chairman of a company visits Seattle, that chairman should take all the staff out in the evening and have a… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I may be a businessman in that I set up and run companies for profit, but when I try to plan ahead… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I am convinced that companies should put staff first, customers second and shareholders third - ultimately that's in the best interest of… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Every business, like a painting, operates according to its own rules. There are many ways to run a successful company. What works… — 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
