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
thinking keys people
To get the respect of people, I think you've got to roll up your sleeves and lead with your people. The absolute key is treating your people well. Looking for the best in your people. Lots and lots of praise, no criticism.
care take-care workers
If you take care of your workers they'll take care of your business.
fun business believe
I have no secret. There are no rules to follow in business. I just work hard and, as I always have done, believe I can do it. Most of all, though, I try to have fun.
business people entrepreneurship
When people are placed in positions slightly above what they expect, they are apt to excel.
leadership play people
Create the kind of workplace and company culture that will attract great talent. If you hire brilliant people, they will make work feel more like play.
book thinking might
I read a fair amount [of science fiction], and you know it was certainly inspirational. I have to pinch myself to think that we might be able to make some of [what I've read in science fiction books] come true.
passionate too-short lifes-too-short
Life's too short. If you're passionate - stand up.
stay-strong brave forever
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 you can from the experience and get on with the next challenge...The brave may not live forever, but the cautious never live at all.
hard-work starting enjoy
Starting a business is a huge amount of hard work... You had better enjoy it.
lucky needs use
If you're lucky enough to have a few hundred thousand dollars in the bank account, that should be sufficient for your own personal needs, and anything more than that you've got to put to good use.
real differences trying
If you get into business solely to make money, you won’t. If you try to make a real difference, you’ll find success.
names reputation brand-names
Your brand name is only as good as your reputation
success crazy thinking
If people aren't calling you crazy, you aren't thinking big enough.
beautiful space people
I was fortunate enough, after many visits to many wonderful, weird people to come across Burt Rutan, who is a genius in the Mojave Desert. And SpaceShipOne was born and had three flights into space that won something called the X Prize. And from there, we're building SpaceShipTwo, which is ... a beautiful spaceship that is very, very, very nearly completed and will be ready from about next Christmas onwards to start taking people into space.