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
anybody enormous guarantee pull trying
If you are trying to do something for the first time, it's always an enormous challenge, and there is no guarantee of success. If anybody can pull it off, it will be Steve.
commitment people trying
Commitment is not letting people down. That's very important in life. If you say you're going to do something, make sure you do it. Just try never to let people down.
trying-something-new knows happens
You never know with these things when you're trying something new what can happen. This is all experimental.
airline-business people trying
We have a business that some people feel pollutes, and I happen to agree with them. ... And so on the basis of trying to do good and, you know, hopefully turn a profit, what we did was we pledged that we'd put all the profits from our airline business into trying to develop clean fuels.
people trying treats
I am a believer in trying to treat people properly and trying to respond and making sure that I find the time to be courteous.
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.
believe people trying
If you love what you do and if you believe in what you do, others will share your enthusiasm. Passionate people find their way to the Virgin Group, and when they do, we snap them up and try to keep them within the family.
numbers people trying
Through the right people focusing on the right things, we can, in time, get on top of a lot if not most of the problems of this world. And that's what a number of us are trying to do.
two people trying
I decided there must be room for another airline when I spent two days trying to get through to People Express.
perfect trying appreciated
In a sense, when we started Virgin Atlantic, I was trying to create an airline for myself. If you try to build the perfect airline for yourself, it will be appreciated by others.
technology people trying
We've definitely cracked the technology. Now we're just trying to be able to produce the amount of fuels that we need to satisfy our own needs and then other people's needs.
trying want firsts
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.
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.
people mind trying
When people warn me against doing something once my mind is made up, I grow increasingly determined to try it.