My early business ventures included growing Christmas trees and breeding birds. — Richard Branson Birds Copy Share Image
A company's employees are its greatest asset and your people are your product — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
One thing is certain in business, you and everyone around you will make mistakes. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Success comes from delegating, risk-taking and having a good TEAM! — Richard Branson Delegating Copy Share Image
In business, if you realize you've made a bad decision, you change it. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Sometimes the riskiest decision you can make is to do nothing. — Richard Branson Decision 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
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
I also know, as an entrepreneur myself, you face new obstacles every day and you need to have the perseverance to see… — Richard Branson Business Copy Share Image
Those who achieve great things are the ones willing to be scared but not scared off. If you dream big and take… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Anyone who makes an effort at whatever they hope to accomplish can, and will, seriously improve their chances of succeeding. — 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 Business Copy Share Image
If you want milk, don't sit on a stool in the middle of a field in the hope that a cow will… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I think in life the key thing is just to fight really hard to make sure something survives. If it looks like… — 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
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 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
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
We've definitely cracked the technology. Now we're just trying to be able to produce the amount of fuels that we need to… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I think great businessmen are more likely made than born. I don't know if it's from your upbringing, your parental background, the… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
People who work for me are working for what I believe in. The leaders who run our companies do so on the… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
“A typical Virgin airline employee is the sort of person who will joke with passengers and smile, not just nod their head… — Richard Branson Plane Copy Share Image
Having a good network can be invaluable. It opens doors for you and allows you to enter into opportunities that are beneficial… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
When I was 15, I left school to start a magazine, and it became a success because I wouldn't take no for… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I think the thing about capitalism is it's an evil necessity, capitalism. Communism has been tried and failed, and socialism, that doesn't… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I think sometimes when you come from a conservative background, you want to rebel a little bit. I dropped out of school… — Richard Branson Conservative Copy Share Image
If you aim higher than you expect, you could reach higher than you dreamed. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
“the best motto to follow is ‘Nothing ventured; nothing gained’.” — Richard Branson Motto Copy Share Image
I am no stranger to healthy competition-wor king hard and playing hard — Richard Branson Competition Copy Share Image
Communication: the thing humans forgot when we invented words. — Richard Branson Business Copy Share Image
I want Virgin to be as well-known around the world as Coca-Cola. — Richard Branson Around the world Copy Share Image
Successful entrepreneurs don't wait for the perfect moment - they create it — Richard Branson Business Copy Share Image
