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The best advice I got from my dad? Wear a condom.

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Richard Branson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 18
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And [we hope to sell] the clean fuels to other airlines. I mean, the exciting thing about the breakthrough with clean fuels for the airline industry is there's only 1,700 pumps in the world that fill up the airlines.
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Don’t just play the game – change it for good.
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If you don't succeed at first, there's no need for the F word (Failure). Pick yourself up and try, try again.
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When I started Virgin from a basement in west London, there was no great plan or strategy. I didn't set out to build a business empire ... For me, building a business is all about doing something to be proud of, bringing talented people together and creating something that's going to make a real difference to other people's lives.
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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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A good leader leads from the front. Don't get stuck in the office. Get out, meet people and listen to their stories.
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When you are starting a business or going down any challenging endeavor, you are bound to encounter challenges. You are going to hit many roadblocks and obstacles. These are obstacles that would make any sane person want to throw in the towel and quit. If you want your business to succeed, you can’t do that (duh).
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If a chairman of a company visits Seattle, that chairman should take all the staff out in the evening and have a few drinks together, talk together and party together and not be embarrassed about the staff seeing the weaker side of you.
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Business is what concerns us. If you care about something enough to do something about it, you're in business
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I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.
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Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.
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Talent comes from experience and failure
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I am passionate about many things but conserving our planet and its species is a high priority of mine.
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Put your passions to work to make this world a better place.
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I am a great believer that you need passion and energy to create a truly successful business.
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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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Money is for making things happen.
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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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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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Over the years I have found one of my best strengths is my ability to recognise talent and trust them.
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