Richard Branson
Richard Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Bransonis an English business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is best known as the founder of Virgin Group, which comprises more than 400 companies...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth18 July 1950
CityLondon, England
vulnerable ill feels
If family or friends are unwell or ill - it's perhaps the only thing that really can make one feel vulnerable.
negativity dignity treats
Confidence breeds confidence and negativity breeds negativity. Treat those around you with respect and dignity and they will thrive.
skills people personality
Most skills can be learned, but it is difficult to train people on their personality.
names people faces
If you get your face and your name out there enough, people will start to recognize you.
healthy important life-is
Every aspect of life is magnificent and wonderful. It's so important to keep fit and healthy.
inspiring opportunity amazing-opportunities
If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes-then learn how to do it later!
people assets employee
A company's employees are its greatest asset and your people are your product
couple war leader
Conflicts often stem from a couple of leaders on both sides that are badly brought up. They'd rather go to war than compromise. And in business, you're competing with other companies all the time, but you don't end up going to war with each other.
running passion numbers
My number one rule in business, and in life, is to enjoy what you do. Running a business involves long hours and hard decisions; if you don't have the passion to keep you going, your business will more than likely fail. If you don't enjoy what you are doing, then you shouldn't be doing it.
pay bills london
When I started Virgin from a basement flat in West London, I did not set out to build a business empire. I set out to create something I enjoyed that would pay the bills.
mind fool never-change
Only a fool never changes his mind.
commitment people important
Commitment is not letting people down. That's very important in life.
needs please industry
Please don’t get hung up on this question of whether you need to have experience in an industry before you launch your startup.
intuition statistics instinct
I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.