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
children clock-is-ticking years
The Earth cannot wait 60 years. I want a future for my children and my children's children. The clock is ticking.
people entrepreneur mind
People do not mind people who try things and fail. If you're a good entrepreneur, you're not going to succeed in every single thing you try. You've got to try to succeed at more things than fail.
survival failing ashamed
And if after all this you eventually fail; don't take it personal. Don't be ashamed to start all over again.
competition growth survival
Seek out strategic alliances; they are essential to growth and provide resistance to bigger competition.
jobs mean entrepreneur
Learn to raise capital by any means necessary. That's your primary job as an entrepreneur. You must continually raise capital from family and friends, banks, suppliers, customers and investors.
survival use mouths
Free publicity and word of mouth is probably the best and cheapest form of advertising. Learn to use it to your advantage.
beautiful islands able
I don't buy a lot of things. I like to create things. I've been lucky enough to be able to build my beautiful island in the Caribbean. I certainly haven't regretted that.
trying cash way
I have always believed that the only way to cope with a cash crisis is not to contract but to try to expand out of it.
motivation inspiration kids
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 kids too much really.
thinking self-improvement kind
Always think, 'what's the worst that can happen' and have some kind of strategy to deal with it
team people self-improvement
Look for the best in people to build a fantastic team
stars sorry believe
I'm not superstitious. I don't really believe in star signs, sorry, or superstitions.
running bases day-to-day
Find somebody else to run your business on a day-to-day basis.
thinking average years
Look, I think that when we started Virgin Atlantic 30 years ago, we had one 747 competing with the airlines that had an average of 300 planes each. Every single one of those have gone bankrupt because they didn't have customer service. They had might, but they didn't have customer service, so customer service is everything in the end.