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Screw the competition - focus on good customer service.

Screw the competition - focus on good customer service.

Richard Branson
Focus, Competition, Good Customer Service

You shouldn't be looking for people slipping up, you should be looking for all the good things people do and praising those.

Richard Branson
Inspiration, People, Slipping

If you can make peoples lives a lot better, you've got a really good business.

Richard Branson
Good Business, Ifs

Don’t just play the game – change it for good.

Richard Branson
Games, Play
"Richard Branson on Giving Your Employees Freedom". www.cnbc.com. December 31, 2012.

...making profits is important because it keeps all our people in jobs and, you know, it keeps what we - what we've created going, but, you know, what we're - what I get my - what I'm proud about doing is creating companies which we're really proud of, you know, which we can really be proud of and a byproduct of that hopefully will be that they'll be profitable and be able to pay the bills.

Richard Branson
Jobs, Business, Creating

We've got an engaging, edgy, vibrant, fun product, ... It may or may not work, but we're going to give it our best shot.

Richard Branson
Business, Fun, Giving

It isn't effective or productive to force your employees to do anything. Choice empowers people and makes for a more content workforce.

Richard Branson
Leadership, People, Choices

Those people who spend their time working on things they love are usually the ones enjoying life the most. They are also the ones who dared to take a risk and chase their dreams.

Richard Branson
Dream, People, Enjoy Life

If you don't take risks you won't achieve anything.

Richard Branson
Entrepreneur, Risk, Achieve

The idea that business is strictly a numbers affair has always struck me as preposterous. For one thing, I've never been particularly good at numbers, but I think I've done a reasonable job with feelings. And I'm convinced that it is feelings - and feelings alone - that account for the success of the Virgin brand in all of its myriad forms.

Richard Branson
Jobs, Thinking, Ideas

What we are trying to do at Virgin is not to have one enormous company in one sector under one banner, but to have two hundred or even three hundred separate companies. Each company can stand on its own feet and, in that way, although we've got a brand that links them, if we were to have another tragedy such as that of 11 September - which hurt the airline industry - it would not bring the whole group crashing down.

Richard Branson
Hurt, Two, Feet

To be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running

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

People flourish if they’re praised.

Richard Branson
People, Ifs

Sometimes I do wake up in the mornings and feel like I've just had the most incredible dream. I've just dreamt my life

Richard Branson
Love, Marriage, Dream

Throughout my business life I have always tried to keep on top of costs and protect the downside risk as much possible. The Virgin Group has survived only because we have always kept tight control of our cash. But, likewise, I also know that sometimes it is essential to break these rules and spend lavishly.

Richard Branson
Risk, Groups, Essentials
Richard Branson (2005). “Losing My Virginity: The Autobiography”, Virgin Pub

It is not for me (to decide). It is up to the company to decide whether the price is fair or not.

Richard Branson
Company, Fairs
"Branson: it's not up to me" by Steve Busfield, www.theguardian.com. December 6, 2005.

Run lean; avoid unnecessary expenses.

Richard Branson
Running, Survival, Unnecessary

Virgin, is how good you are with people. If you're - if you're good with people and you've got - you know, and you really care, genuinely care about people then I'm sure we could find a job for you at Virgin. I think, you know, that, you know, that the companies that look after their people are the companies that do really well. I'm sure we'd like a few other attributes, but that would be the most important one.

Richard Branson
Jobs, Thinking, People

Be swift to take advantage of business opportunities. Bigger companies are too cumbersome to move quickly; this can be a competitive advantage for you.

Richard Branson
Moving, Opportunity, Survival

Perhaps, therefore, it is odd that if there is any one phrase that is guaranteed to set me off it's when someone says to me, 'OK, fine. You're the boss!' What irks me is that in 90% of such instances what that person is really saying is, 'OK, then, I don't agree with you, but I'll roll over and do it because you're telling me to. But if it doesn't work out I'll be the first to remind everyone that it wasn't my idea.'

Richard Branson
Ideas, Work Out, Boss

Can you afford to ignore China? It's like saying you can afford to ignore the internet. I don't think so.

Richard Branson
Thinking, Internet, China

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.

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

At the end, entrepreneurship is not about wearing expensive suits and earning a lot of money. It is all about being true to yourself, to your values in life. Your dreams.

Richard Branson
Dream, Earning, Suits

Take a chance - it's the best way to test yourself, have fund and push boundaries.

Richard Branson
Inspirational, Business, Having Fun

Most people assume that a record shop's success lies in selling records. In fact, Virgin's success both in mail order and the record shops lay in skill at buying records.

Richard Branson
Lying, Order, Skills

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