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The risk is worth it. Mike would have been the first to say that.

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Richard Branson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 18
Aircraft Pilot
Autobiographer
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Business Magnate
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Entrepreneur
Film Producer
High School Teacher
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Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
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It is not for me (to decide). It is up to the company to decide whether the price is fair or not.
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Failing can provide invaluable lessons and making mistakes and experiencing setbacks is part of the DNA of every successful entrepreneur.
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Focus on your business strengths and keep its weaknesses away from the competition or public.
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Sometimes miracles come in pairs.
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Engage your emotions at work. Your instincts and emotions are there to help you.
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You know I think if the people who work for a business are proud of the business they work for, they'll work that much harder, and therefore, I think turning your business into a real force for good is good business sense as well.
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If you want to be a Millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline.
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Your brand or your name is simply your reputation, you have to fight in life to protect that as it means everything. Nothing is more important.
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I always tell other people to protect against the downside, and not risk roughing on new ventures, but I never stuck to that rule myself.
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If you have an idea that's going to make a big difference to people's lives, and other people are not doing it, you know, just say screw it, do it and get on with it, and give it a go.
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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.
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I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.
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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.
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I have always lived my life by thriving on opportunity and adventure. Some of the best ideas come out of the blue, and you have to keep an open mind to see their virtue.
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We have a business that some people feel pollutes, and I happen to agree with them. ... And so on the basis of trying to do good and, you know, hopefully turn a profit, what we did was we pledged that we'd put all the profits from our airline business into trying to develop clean fuels.
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Our model is to develop each business separately with its own shareholder and management - this way we can concentrate on the job in hand, rather than be part of some enormous and faceless conglomerate.
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Money is a poor indicator of success.
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Every single astronaut who has come back from space comes back determined to do more to protect it.
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Brands always mean something. If you don't define what the brand means, your competitors will
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