Richard Branson Quotes
Biography:
Richard Branson is known for founding the Virgin Group. He launched hi... more
Biography:
Richard Branson is known for founding the Virgin Group. He launched his first business venture, a magazine called Student, at age 16. Branson's Virgin brand grew rapidly, encompassing numerous industries like music, aviation, and space travel, with Virgin Galactic becoming a frontrunner in commercial space tourism. less
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"Don’t think what’s the cheapest way to do it or what’s the fastest way to do it…think ‘what’s the most amazing way to do it’.""If you’re hurt, lick your wound and get up again. If you’ve given it your absolute best, it’s time to move forward.""There is no greater thing you can do with your life and your work than follow your passions – in a way that serves the world and you.""My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around.""So I’ve seen life as one long learning process. And if I see – you know, if I fly on somebody else’s airline and find the experience is not a pleasant one, which it wasn’t in – years ago, then I’d think, well, you know, maybe I can create the kind of airli"Tags: Personal growth, Customer experience, Service improvement, Business inspiration, Learning from experience
"You can’t do a good business with a bad person. Find the right people to work with and you can’t go wrong.""You’ve got to take risks if you’re going to succeed. I would much rather ask forgiveness than permission.""Happiness is the secret ingredient for successful businesses. If you have a happy company it will be invincible."Tags: Business success, Company culture, Business philosophy, Success strategy, Employee satisfaction
"If you want to be a millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline.""Life is a series of ups and clowns. Make it worth your wild!""Well, I think that there’s a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you’re likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.""We, we – as I say, we go in and shake up other industries and I think, you know, we do it differently and I think that industries are not quite the same as a result of Virgin attacking the market.""Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank.""I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn’t really interested in being an entrepreneur, but I soon found I had to become an entrepreneur in order to keep my magazine going."
