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You only live once, and I just don’t want to waste a minute of my life.

Richard Branson

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Richard Branson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 18
Aircraft Pilot
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Business Magnate
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Film Producer
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With all my employees, I listen to them, trust in them, believe in them, respect them and let them have a go! I never believe I know better than they do and have been fortunate over the years to build up a very strong management team whom I can trust and take advice from.
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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.
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Ideas Are The Lifeblood Of Business. Capture Every Fleeting Idea And Drive For Change.
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One of the best bits of advice I can give is, early on, when you're building a new business, try to find somebody to run it on a day-to-day basis to free yourself up to look at the bigger picture.
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Learn to live on the edge.
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Building a business is not rocket science, it's about having a great idea and seeing it through with integrity.
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I've been very lucky. I come from a very close family. I'm also in a relationship that's been really good. Lasted a long time. We've got wonderful kids from that relationship, and they've had the benefit of being together. It's fantastic to have that sort of togetherness. It's a rarity these days.
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I never went into business to make money, but I have found that if I have fun, the money will come.
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Play fair, be prepared for others to play dirty, and don't let them drag you into the mud.
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With space travel, [it's] no different. You know, in 1990 I read the name Virgin Galactic Airways. Loved the name. And set out to try to find an engineer or rocket scientist in the world who could build a safe, reusable rocket that could take people to and from space and we could start a whole new era of commercial space travel.
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I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.
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All of us have just got to find that time to look after our bodies. That helps us make sure that our mind is sharp. I know that when I'm feeling great and really fit, I can get in three or four hours more of really productive work.
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Everything in your business can be outsourced... if you're not emotionally attached to doing it all.
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The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands are brand names in themselves, and at a given stage in their careers their name alone can practically gaurantee hit records.
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Ideally, since 80 percent of your life is spent working, you should start your business around something that is a passion of yours
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I'm not superstitious. I don't really believe in star signs, sorry, or superstitions.
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In a sense, when we started Virgin Atlantic, I was trying to create an airline for myself. If you try to build the perfect airline for yourself, it will be appreciated by others.
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Remember the to-do list but don't forget the to-be list.
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Your employees are your company’s real competitive advantage. They’re the ones making the magic happen-so long as their needs are being met.
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To be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running, and if you have a good team around you and more than a fair share of luck, you might make something happen. But you certainly can't guarantee it just by following someone else's formula.
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