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- I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on gut feeling, especially if I can see that they are…
- The jet stream is a very strong force and pushing a balloon into it is like pushing up against a brick wall, but once we…
- We, we - as I say, we go in and shake up other industries and I think, you know, we do it differently and I…
- Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin Blue getting up and adding a bit of competition, and…
- We had an electrical fault about 500 miles into the trip and lost more than half our fuel. We had a fire on the roof.…
- 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 with…
- The best lessons are usually learned from failure. You musn't beat yourself up if you fail - just pick yourself up, learn as much as…
- Set impossible challenges. Then catch up with them.
- Irreverence ran on both sides of our family...my parents brought me up to think we could all change the world.
- Sometimes I do wake up in the mornings and feel like I've just had the most incredible dream. I've just dreamt my life
- Values cannot be speedily forgotten if it is inconvenient or commercially expedient. Values have to have meaning and longevity; otherwise they are valueless. You cannot…
- I find it very difficult to think of mistakes; not that I don't make any but because I was brought up to look only at…
- If you look for the best in your employees, they'll flourish. If you criticize or look for the worst, they'll shrivel up. We all need…
- My parents brought me up with this philosophy. You must do things. You mustn't watch what other people are doing. You must not listen to…
- As much as you need a strong personality to build a business from scratch, you also must understand the art of delegation. I have to…
- Whether you are launching a start-up or leading an established company, you should start establishing your social media presence if you haven’t already.
- Branding is everything. A young girl once came up to me and told me I could be famous because I looked just like Richard Branson!
- First of all, if you're setting up a new company, you want to try to find a brand that can work on a global basis.
- I may be a businessman in that I set up and run companies for profit, but when I try to plan ahead and dream up…
- As we drifted to earth I sat up on the glass roof of the capsule, watching the beauty of the golden dawn as it broke…
- Dream big by setting yourself seemingly impossible challenges. You then have to catch up with them.
- If you're bringing up kids, you just want to smother them with love and praise and enthusiasm. So I don't think you can mollycoddle your…
- If you're hurt, lick your wounds and get up again. If you've given it your absolute best, it's time to move forward,
- I make up my mind about whether I can trust someone within 60 seconds of meeting them
- If you are seizing on a new business opportunity, deliberately move your customers' expectations up a few notches and consistently over-deliver on your promises -…
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