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 Advantage Copy Share Image
Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to keep things simple. — Richard Branson Challenges Copy Share Image
In this digital age, it doesn't really matter if you are in Canary Wharf or the Caribbean; there are opportunities waiting to… — Richard Branson Age Copy Share Image
I felt uneasy about making the rapid decisions I have always made, and wondered whether every decision should be formally ratified and… — Richard Branson Board meetings Copy Share Image
If young people do see me as an example (I'm very flattered if they do!) I hope it is as someone who… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I think it's quite great to set yourself a big challenge, and then you've got another reason for keeping fit. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Allowing my people to have a good work-life balance by working flexibly is very important to me. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
The most breathtaking thing about being in space is actually looking back at the Earth. — Richard Branson Breathtaking 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
Learn to raise capital by any means necessary. That's your primary job as an entrepreneur. You must continually raise capital from family… — Richard Branson Business Copy Share Image
India is an incredibly vibrant market, which Virgin already, through Virgin Atlantic, has the pleasure of working in. I am delighted that… — Richard Branson Comic 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 Business Copy Share Image
Throughout my business life I have always tried to keep on top of costs and protect the downside risk as much possible.… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I think you can get happiness through making a real difference in other people's lives by setting out to make other people's… — Richard Branson Differences Copy Share Image
So I became a publisher by mistake - well, not quite by mistake, because I wanted to be an editor but I… — 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 Age Copy Share Image
Sometimes I do wake up in the mornings and feel like I've just had the most incredible dream. I've just dreamt my… — Richard Branson Couple 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
You should not build your customer service system on the premise that your organisation will never question the whims of your clients. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
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… — Richard Branson Astronomy Copy Share Image
As a teenager, I went to Bali a lot, but it's a long, long way from England. Which is why, when we… — Richard Branson England Copy Share Image
However tight things are, you still need to have the big picture at the forefront of your mind. — Richard Branson Big picture Copy Share Image
Innovation happens when people are given the freedom to ask questions and the resources and power to find the answers. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Growth does not always lead a business to build on success. All too often it converts a highly successful business into a… — Richard Branson Business Copy Share Image
Whenever I see people getting a bad deal I want to step in and do something about it. Of course, this is… — Richard Branson Altruism Copy Share Image
I think because I have great difficulty saying the word, 'no,' almost every day's a different adventure. — Richard Branson Adventure Copy Share Image
I'm a great believer in life to saying yes and not saying no, and hopefully making people smile and just having fun… — Richard Branson Believer Copy Share Image
There's nothing like the endorphins from being fit, and the incredible endorphin rush that goes with that. It beats drugs, drink, and… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
It is only by being bold that you get anywhere. If you are a risk-taker, then the art is to protect the… — Richard Branson Art Copy Share Image
There is no point in starting your own business unless you do it out of a sense of frustration. — Richard Branson Business Copy Share Image
When you are ready to make your first hires, look for people who understand your passion, want to add to your ideas… — 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 Business Copy Share Image
By putting the employee first, the customer effectively comes first by default, and in the end, the shareholder comes first by default… — Richard Branson Customer Copy Share Image
My parents brought me up with this philosophy. You must do things. You mustn't watch what other people are doing. You must… — Richard Branson Action Copy Share Image
Brands always mean something. If you don't define what the brand means, your competitors will — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurship is about turning what excites you in life into capital, so that you can do more of it and move forward… — Richard Branson Business Copy Share Image
We should focus on what people get done, not on how many hours or days worked. Just as we don't have a… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day. I never do anything with a feeling of, 'Oh… — Richard Branson Attitude Copy Share Image
Well, I'm somebody who is just living ...living life, and if I get frustrated by something, then I like to try to… — Richard Branson Frustrated Copy Share Image
Please be polite. Nothing in life should erode the habit of saying thank you to people or praising them. — Richard Branson Business Copy Share Image