Most entrepreneurs are not doing it for financial motives in the first place. They're just people who love creating. — 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
Your brand or your name is simply your reputation, you have to fight in life to protect that as it means everything.… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Breaking the rules and challenging convention is in the DNA of every successful entrepreneur. — 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
Entrepreneurial business favours the open mind. It favours people whose optimism drives them to prepare for many possible futures, pretty much purely… — 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 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 Copy Share Image
Setting customer expectations at a level that is aligned with consistently deliverable levels of customer service requires that your whole staff, from… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
If you are a new startup company, try not to arouse the interest or suspicion of your competition; especially if they are… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I find it very difficult to think of mistakes; not that I don't make any but because I was brought up to… — 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
People do not mind people who try things and fail. If you're a good entrepreneur, you're not going to succeed in every… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
If you get into entrepreneurshi p driven by profit, you are a lot more likely to fail. The entrepreneurs who succeed usually… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
If you are seizing on a new business opportunity, deliberately move your customers' expectations up a few notches and consistently over-deliver on… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
A successful business must have a sound knowledge of its market and work on how its product or service will be different,… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Brands always mean something. If you don't define what the brand means, your competitors will — Richard Branson 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 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
One key to entrepreneurial success is to get a great group of people around you who believe in your idea. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Please don’t get hung up on this question of whether you need to have experience in an industry before you launch your… — 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
For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
The entrepreneurs who succeed usually want to make a difference to people’s lives, not just their own bank balances. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Loyal employees in any company create loyal customers, who in turn create happy shareholders. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Being an entrepreneur simply means being someone who wants to make a difference to other people's lives. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Lavish praise on people and people will flourish; criticize people and they'll shrivel up. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
All successful people - not just entrepreneurs - have got things wrong over and over again before finding the right solution. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
We have the enormous opportunity in our hands to make a positive difference for business, people, and the planet. — Richard Branson 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 in life. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
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 Image
I love the freedom of movement that my phone gives me. That has definitely transformed my life. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image