Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Virgin could never have grown into the group of more than 200 companies it is now, were it not for a steady stream of intrapreneurs who looked for and developed opportunities, often leading efforts that went against the grain.
Richard Branson
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Richard Branson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 18
Aircraft Pilot
Autobiographer
Balloonist
Business Magnate
Businessperson
Entrepreneur
Film Producer
High School Teacher
Investor
Sir Richard Branson
Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
Opportunity
Opportunities
Stream
Often
Companies
Grain
Never
Group
Steady
Looked
Streams
Groups
Leading
Went
Efforts
Effort
Developed
Virgin
Company
Grown
Virgins
More quotes by Richard Branson
If you're lucky enough to have a few hundred thousand dollars in the bank account, that should be sufficient for your own personal needs, and anything more than that you've got to put to good use.
Richard Branson
I have always lived my life by making lists: lists of people to call, lists of ideas, lists of companies to set up, lists of people who can make things happen. Each day I work through these lists, and that sequence of calls propels me forward.
Richard Branson
Protect your reputation. Don't be afraid of making mistakes.
Richard Branson
For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility.
Richard Branson
In the beginning it was just about the business - now it's about the brand.
Richard Branson
I am always working on the go.
Richard Branson
However small a company, its founders should try to expand people's opportunities and choices.
Richard Branson
Records are made to be broken. It is in man's nature to continue to strive to do just that.
Richard Branson
Half the art of ballooning is to make your crashes so gentle that you can fool yourself into calling them landings.
Richard Branson
I will work day and night to avoid failure, but if I can't, I'll pick myself up the next day. The most important thing for entrepreneurs is not to be put off by failure.
Richard Branson
About 40 percent of my time is spent on social issues and building new organizations, more for the benefit of the climate or health issues.
Richard Branson
You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.
Richard Branson
I was born under a lucky star, and I have nothing whatsoever to regret. I wouldn't change a thing about my life.
Richard Branson
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.
Richard Branson
Good customer service begins at the top. If your senior people don't get it, even the strongest links further down the line can become compromised.
Richard Branson
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.
Richard Branson
Luck is when determination meets opportunity
Richard Branson
To be a great leader, you must be a great listener
Richard Branson
As people's access to the internet grows we're seeing the sharing economy boom - I think our obsession with ownership is at a tipping point and the sharing economy is part of the antidote for that.
Richard Branson
There are millions of people out there who would love to become astronauts, who'd love to go to space - they'd love to look back at this wonderful world from space. That will be the engine that will enable us then to develop spaceships to transport people around the world at tremendous speeds in an environmentally friendly way.
Richard Branson
