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Every risk is worth taking as long as it's for a good cause, and contributes to a good life.

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Richard Branson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 18
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Only a fool never changes his mind.
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In the same way that I tend to make up my mind about people within thirty seconds of meeting them, I also make up my mind about whether a business proposal excites me within about thirty seconds of looking at it. I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.
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Whatever you and your team decide your new brand will stand for, deliver on that promise. That's the only way you'll ever control your brand. And beware: brands always mean something. If you don't define what the brand means, your competitors will.
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I just wanted to create things that I could be proud of. Money was just an evil byproduct to pay the bills at the end of the year.
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I think entrepreneurship is our natural state--a big adult word that probably boils down to something much more obvious like playfulness.
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I'm a lad of the '60s. I started a magazine to try and end the Vietnam war, but it was a number of years before I had the profile, the financial resources and the time to do more.
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I have always believed that the only way to cope with a cash crisis is not to contract but to try to expand out of it.
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Grow internally first. Strengthen your bottom line first before considering external growth.
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There are quite a few things I've done that even I thought might have been one step too far. But if you are willing to make a fool of yourself and make people smile, as long as you do it with a sense of fun, you can get away with it.
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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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You never know with these things when you're trying something new what can happen. This is all experimental.
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Mentorship is key to unlocking each of our entrepreneurial spirits.
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Clearly in the eyes of the consumer the brand has not been diluted, but we must guard against that happening at all costs.
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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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I truly believe that capitalism was created to help people live better lives, but sadly over the years it has lost its way a bit. The short-term focus on profit has driven most businesses to forget about the important long-term role they have in taking care of people and the planet.
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We should all seek to innovate, or be curious about innovation. Innovation truly is one of our greatest gifts.
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Because I don't see Virgin as a company but as a way of life and I fully enjoy it, I don't think I'll ever retire.
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I like to take chances on people, and whenever possible, promote from within - it sends a great message to everyone in the company when someone demonstrates a passion for the job and leadership skills at every step along the way and is rewarded with a leadership role.
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Life is a helluva lot more fun if you say yes rather than no
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Create the kind of workplace and company culture that will attract great talent. If you hire brilliant people, they will make work feel more like play.
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