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
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
One night, I was chatting with a group of 16-year-old girls over a few drinks about a name for the record store… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
In a sense, when we started Virgin Atlantic, I was trying to create an airline for myself. If you try to build… — 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
And ever since then [I] have set up businesses basically out of frustration. I mean, I set up Virgin Atlantic with one… — 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
Virgin could never have grown into the group of more than 200 companies it is now, were it not for a steady… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Look, I think that when we started Virgin Atlantic 30 years ago, we had one 747 competing with the airlines that had… — 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
I'm sure if Brawn GP keep plying me with champagne and putting gorgeous Virgin girls either side of me, you never know! — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Every success story is a tale of constant adaption, revision and change. A company that stands still will soon be forgotten. Trying… — Richard Branson 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
The idea that business is strictly a numbers affair has always struck me as preposterous. For one thing, I've never been particularly… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
My mother always taught me never to look back in regret but to move on to the next thing. The amount of… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
The years I would have spent at University, I spent building Student Magazine and Virgin Records. For me that was far more… — Richard Branson 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 Copy Share Image
Learning and leadership go together. Too much credit goes to me for what we have achieved at Virgin but the successes happen… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I have had fun running all of the Virgin businesses, so I never see a setback as a bad experience; it is… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Most people assume that a record shop's success lies in selling records. In fact, Virgin's success both in mail order and the… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Good people have always been at the heart of the Virgin business, and that's largely because we have tried to keep our… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
The brand is only as good as your products, so.. if people have a good experience on Virgin Atlantic or if they… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
The Virgin brand is not a product like Coca-Cola or Famous Grouse whisky; it's an attitude and a way of life to… — 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
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
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