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We'll go into orbit. We'll go to the Moon. This business has no limits.

We'll go into orbit. We'll go to the Moon. This business has no limits.

Richard Branson
Future, Moon, Orbit

Ideas Are The Lifeblood Of Business. Capture Every Fleeting Idea And Drive For Change.

Richard Branson
Ideas, Fleeting, Capture

What's the most critical factor in any business decision you'll ever have to make? Basically, it boils down to this question: If this all crashes, will it bring the whole house tumbling down like a pack of cards? One business matra remains embedded in my brain - protect the downside.

Richard Branson
Tumbling Down, House, Decision

Of course, a lot of businesses want to reach students, so I funded the magazine by selling advertising. I sold something like $8,000 worth of advertising for the first edition, and that was in 1966. I printed up 50,000 copies, and I didn't even have to charge for them on the newsstand because my costs were already covered.

Richard Branson
Purpose, Cost, Magazines

I'm sure if Brawn GP keep plying me with champagne and putting gorgeous Virgin girls either side of me, you never know!

Richard Branson
Girl, Gps, Sides

Those who achieve great things are the ones willing to be scared but not scared off. If you dream big and take risks, impossible becomes just a word.

Richard Branson
Dream, Risk, Impossible

Never go into business purely to make money. If that's the motive you're better off doing nothing.

Richard Branson
Powerful, Doing Nothing, Making Money

I think that you're going to get so much more out of life if you just say yes at every opportunity.

Richard Branson
Opportunity, Thinking, Ifs

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.

Richard Branson
Thinking, Average, Years

I have always been a huge believer in the inestimable value good mentoring can contribute to any nascent business

Richard Branson
Good Man, Mentoring, Believer
Sir Richard Branson (2014). “The Virgin Way: How to Listen, Learn, Laugh and Lead”, p.160, Random House

It's obviously incredibly important to keep the body fit in order to keep the mind fit, and be able to find time for friends.

Richard Branson
Order, Mind, Important

If you get into entrepreneurshi p driven by profit, you are a lot more likely to fail. The entrepreneurs who succeed usually want to make a difference to people’s lives, not just their own bank balances. The desire to change things for the better is the motivation for taking risks and pursuing seemingly impossible business ideas.

Richard Branson
Motivation, Ideas, Differences

The entrepreneurs who succeed usually want to make a difference to people’s lives, not just their own bank balances.

Richard Branson
Differences, People, Entrepreneur

Any idea can be a great idea if you think differently, dream big and commit to seeing it realized

Richard Branson
Dream, Thinking, Ideas

Entrepreneursh ip is not about getting one over on the customer. It’s not about working on your own. It’s not about looking out for number one. It’s not necessarily about making a lot of money. It is absolutely not about letting work take over your life. On the contrary, it’s about turning what excites you in life into capital, so that you can do more of it and move forward with it.

Richard Branson
Moving, Numbers, Over You
Richard Branson (2010). “Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur”, Virgin

To be a real entrepreneur you always have to be looking forward. The moment you rest on your laurels is the moment your competition overtakes you.

Richard Branson
Real, Entrepreneur, Competition

However small a company, its founders should try to expand people's opportunities and choices.

Richard Branson
Opportunity, People, Choices

The most important thing for entrepreneurs is not to be put off by failure.

Richard Branson
Entrepreneur, Important, Important Things

Exploration is a wonderful way to open our eyes to the world, & to truly see that impossible is just a word.

Richard Branson
Eye, World, Way
Twitter post from Jul 17, 2014

... Our first priority should be the people who work for the companies, then the customers, then the shareholders. Because if the staff are motivated then the customers will be happy, and the shareholders will then benefit through the company's success.

Richard Branson
People, Priorities, Benefits

Screw it, let's do it - Just get on with it and do it

Richard Branson
Self Improvement, Improvement, Screws

If you can run one company, you can run another. Running companies are about inspiring and driving the best out of people.

Richard Branson
Running, People, Driving

In the '80's my gut feeling was that airlines were crap. I hated spending time on planes. I thought we could create the kind of airline I'd like. So we got a secondhand 747 and gave it a go.

Richard Branson
Feelings, Aviation, Kind

Find somebody else to run your business on a day-to-day basis.

Richard Branson
Running, Bases, Day To Day

I decided there must be room for another airline when I spent two days trying to get through to People Express.

Richard Branson
Two, People, Trying

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