Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He founded the Virgin Group, which controls more than 400 companies.
Build your own business team. Survival in business requires a synergy of skills.
Every aspect of life is magnificent and wonderful. It's so important to keep fit and healthy.
Having a personality of caring about people is important. You can’t be a good leader unless you generally like people. That is how you bring out the best in them.
By working hard, by making the right moves, you can create your own luck, I think. But certainly luck plays a part.
Most entrepreneurs will admit luck plays a part in success.
I'm a great believer that saying yes is a lot more fun than saying no.
Chance favors the prepared mind. The more you practice, the luckier you become.
Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure.
If you get into business solely to make money, you won’t. If you try to make a real difference, you’ll find success.
A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.
Choose great people and shine in their shadows
First and foremost, any business proposal I like must sound fun.
Believe in yourself and back yourself to come out on top. A fulfilling career is waiting for those brave enough to find it.
Whenever I see people getting a bad deal I want to step in and do something about it. Of course, this is not pure altruism - there's a profit to be made too.
I have enjoyed life a lot more by saying "yes" than by sayings "no".
Too many companies want their brands to reflect some idealised, perfected image of themselves. As a consequence, their brands acquire no texture, no character and no public trust.
Past failures unlock future successes
We've all got to do everything we can to avoid conflicts.
I believe that today's businesses - regardless of their size - must be prepared to do good in societies around the globe. I am cautiously optimistic that we can make the world a far better, safer and more equitable place - but business and enterprise must sit at the heart of this process.
Whatever you and your team decide your new brand will stand for, deliver on that promise. That's the only way you'll ever control your brand. And beware: brands always mean something. If you don't define what the brand means, your competitors will.