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
successful people entrepreneur
All successful people - not just entrepreneurs - have got things wrong over and over again before finding the right solution.
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So if we were to set up base in this area, I think you would find that it would bring a lot of people to the area to watch the flights as well as fly.
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Some of the magic will be lost now that the girls are only four. It's sad to see people so close split in this way.
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I am sorry to have let people down.
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Generally speaking, when someone goes for a record-breaking attempt, you start with five or six people in the plane. He chose to go it alone.
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I think Chris is an astute businessman, but he is not used to running airlines. Virgin Blue needs people with airline experience.
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Our plans for Virgin are pretty much to leave it as it is.
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I talked to her about it. She said that it was the best thing that could have happened to her. When it broke in the press is was almost a release for her.
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He's just flown further than man, or woman, has ever flown. He has had pretty much no sleep since he set off from Kennedy a few days ago, and he has been through an incredible amount.
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It already has been through the rigors of flying around the world.
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I read the Sunday Telegraph stories. They're not too far off what may be happening.
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I've taken a reduction in the price in order to get the deal done. We will reap our reward from the increased share price by holding our shares in this new combined company.
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He gave me a lot of very useful advice when I set up Virgin Atlantic 21 years ago. Perhaps his best advice was to make sure that I took BA to court before they bankrupted us not after, as he did.
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Failing can provide invaluable lessons and making mistakes and experiencing setbacks is part of the DNA of every successful entrepreneur.