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The time to go into a new business is when it’s badly run by others.

The time to go into a new business is when it’s badly run by others.

Richard Branson
Running, Powerful, Innovation

Publicity is absolutely critical. A good PR story is infinitely more effective than a front page ad.

Richard Branson
Communication, Stories, Pages

I believe that drudgery and clock-watching are a terrible betrayal of that universal, inborn entrepreneurial spirit.

Richard Branson
Betrayal, Believe, Spirit
Richard Branson (2010). “Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur”, Virgin

One night, I was chatting with a group of 16-year-old girls over a few drinks about a name for the record store ... A bunch of ideas were bounced around, then, as we were all new to business, someone suggested Virgin. It smacked of new and fresh and at the time the word was still slightly risqué, so, thinking it would be an attention-grabber, we went with it.

Richard Branson
Girl, Night, Thinking

If you don't succeed at first, there's no need for the F word (Failure). Pick yourself up and try, try again.

Richard Branson
Inspirational, Business, Trying

Space travel will be like every other business. There will be competitors. . . . Thirty months from now, I'm confident we'll be flying people into space.

Richard Branson
Future, Space, People

Take the competition seriously, but not yourself.

Richard Branson
Competition
FaceBook post by Richard Branson from Aug 27, 2012

My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.

Richard Branson
Entrepreneur, Challenges, Trying
Richard Branson (1999). “Losing my virginity: how I've survived, had fun, and made a fortune doing business my way”, Crown Business

Whether we're fighting climate change or going to space, everything is moved forward by computers, and we don't have enough people who can code

Richard Branson
Fighting, Space, People

The truth is this: the Earth cannot provide enough food and fresh water for 10 billion people, never mind homes, never mind roads, hospitals and schools.

Richard Branson
Home, School, People
Sir Richard Branson (2010). “Reach for the Skies: Ballooning, Birdmen and Blasting into Space”, p.304, Random House

I don’t think of work as work and play as play. It’s all living.

Richard Branson
Life, Money, Thinking

Branding is everything. A young girl once came up to me and told me I could be famous because I looked just like Richard Branson!

Richard Branson
Girl, Branding, Young
"What Richard Branson Told Me About Goal-Getting (And Creating a Life You Adore)" by Robin Sharma, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 15, 2013.

Set impossible challenges. Then catch up with them.

Richard Branson
Meaningful, Challenges, Impossible

I have never had an office that I work out of and work has become intertwined with my personal life.

Richard Branson
Office, Work Out, Intertwined

I've been taught not to have any regrets. If we were to add up all of the hours spent regretting mistakes and use that time to develop new ideas, who knows how many brilliant new businesses would be created.

Richard Branson
Regret, Mistake, Ideas
"'Our obsession with ownership is at a tipping point': As he gives £1m to UK start-ups Richard Branson reveals why he's backing the sharing economy". Interview with Eleanor Lawrie, www.dailymail.co.uk. June 30, 2016.

To succeed in business you need to be original, but you also need to understand what your customers want.

Richard Branson
Needs, Want, Succeed
Twitter post from Jul 31, 2014

Good brands reflect the histories of the time and the group of people that made them. They can not be copied. They can not be recycled.

Richard Branson
Business, People, Groups
Richard Branson (2010). “Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur”, Virgin

If you get your face and your name out there enough, people will start to recognize you.

Richard Branson
Names, People, Faces

I suspect in most companies, the public relations person is down at No. 20 in the pecking order. But here, he is fighting incredibly important battles. If a negative story starts running away with itself in the press and is not dealt with fast, it can badly damage the brand, and so we put enormous weight on our PR people.

Richard Branson
Running, Fighting, Order

Just watching Israel bombarding Palestine and Palestine sending one or two little rockets over to Israel - it's just too sad for words.

Richard Branson
Israel, Two, Littles
Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

If you run your business fairly; if you treat people well; if you try to move your business into areas that are making a real positive difference to other peoples lives; I think you'll A. have much pleasant life, but B. I think you'll have a much more successful business.

Richard Branson
Running, Real, Moving
Interview with Jeremy Hobson, www.marketplace.org. April 27, 2012.

And obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal challenge.

Richard Branson
Views, Challenges, Point Of View

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 - 21 years ago, then I'd think, well, you know, maybe I can create the kind of airline that I'd like to fly on.

Richard Branson
Thinking, Years, Long
"Is Space Tourism Finally About To Take Off?". Interview with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. June 6, 2014.

Breaking the rules and challenging convention is in the DNA of every successful entrepreneur. Doing things differently and solving problems with new, innovative and fresh approaches are the very reason many start-ups are able to compete and sometimes outpace the established market leaders.

Richard Branson
Successful, Market Leaders, Dna
Interview with Sabian Phippen, theworldly.co.uk. February 21, 2015.

All in all, the internet is a force for good, providing young entrepreneurs with access to an incredible wealth of information, has changed the way we see the world and is also a great source of innovation and entrepreneurial opportunities.

Richard Branson
Opportunity, Young Entrepreneurs, Innovation
"How To Turn Your Idea Into Reality – The Richard Branson Interview". Interview with Nathan Chan, foundr.com. May 30, 2018.

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