Richard Branson Quotes About Survival

Quotes about: Survival

• Never take your eyes off the cash flow because it's the life blood of business.

  Richard Branson

  Eye, Cash Flow, Blood

• Government and business must come together on the interlinked issues of conservation, economic development and renewable energy. There are literally thousands of businesses, many in the tourism industry, that depend on an intact marine environment for their long-term survival.

  Richard Branson

  Marine, Government, Issues

  "Q&A With Sir Richard Branson: Dialogues on the Environment". Interview with Mark Tercek, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 28, 2013.

• Learn to use your brain power. Critical thinking is the key to creative problem solving in business.

  Richard Branson

  Thinking, Keys, Creative

• Don't wait till you are big before you begin building your brand. Build a brand from scratch alongside your business.

  Richard Branson

  Waiting, Survival, Scratches

• If you are a new startup company, try not to arouse the interest or suspicion of your competition; especially if they are a bigger company. They can crush you while you are still in your startup phase. Lie low while still strengthening your bottom line.

  Richard Branson

  Crush, Lying, Competition

• Follow your instincts and live with the consequences.

  Richard Branson

  Survival, Instinct, Consequence

• I think a lot of becoming an entrepreneur is something which people have to learn just from getting out there and giving it a go, and having to learn the art of survival.

  Richard Branson

  Art, Thinking, People

• Focus on your business strengths and keep its weaknesses away from the competition or public.

  Richard Branson

  Focus, Competition, Survival

• Remain focused on fulfilling your business mission. Never allow adversity divert your attention and efforts.

  Richard Branson

  Adversity, Effort, Survival

• Be swift to take advantage of business opportunities. Bigger companies are too cumbersome to move quickly; this can be a competitive advantage for you.

  Richard Branson

  Moving, Opportunity, Survival

• Avoid litigations. They are expensive and consume loads of time but if you have got a good case and a better chance of winning; then fight it out.

  Richard Branson

  Fighting, Winning, Survival

• Learn to live on the edge.

  Richard Branson

  Survival, Edges

• Free publicity and word of mouth is probably the best and cheapest form of advertising. Learn to use it to your advantage.

  Richard Branson

  Survival, Use, Mouths

• Be creative. Innovate consistently on the little things that the big companies ignore. Little things often make big differences in business.

  Richard Branson

  Differences, Creative, Survival

• Learn to raise capital by any means necessary. That's your primary job as an entrepreneur. You must continually raise capital from family and friends, banks, suppliers, customers and investors.

  Richard Branson

  Jobs, Mean, Entrepreneur

• Build your own business team. Survival in business requires a synergy of skills.

  Richard Branson

  Team, Skills, Survival

• Listen to the customer's complaint and act fast.

  Richard Branson

  Survival, Complaints, Customers

• Seek out strategic alliances; they are essential to growth and provide resistance to bigger competition.

  Richard Branson

  Competition, Growth, Survival

• Meet regularly with your business team and brainstorm. Intricate business problems are mostly resolved at brainstorming sessions.

  Richard Branson

  Team, Survival, Problem

• And if after all this you eventually fail; don't take it personal. Don't be ashamed to start all over again.

  Richard Branson

  Survival, Failing, Ashamed

• Run lean; avoid unnecessary expenses.

  Richard Branson

  Running, Survival, Unnecessary

• Grow internally first. Strengthen your bottom line first before considering external growth.

  Richard Branson

  Growth, Survival, Lines

• Don't hesitate to seek external help or advice where need be. Sometimes, it takes an external, emotionally unattached individual to detect your business flaws and render unbiased advice.

  Richard Branson

  Advice, Survival, Needs

• We've always had a pretty competitive and pretty ferocious battle with British Airways... It's lasted now about 14 years, and we're very pleased to have survived it.

  Richard Branson

  Winning, Years, Survival

• We love Formula One and think Formula One's great. But we think Formula E is different. We would be making a big mistake if we tried to compete with Formula One and be similar to Formula One, we have to be radically different to Formula One to have a chance of survival. I don't mean survival by beating Formula One but co-existing complimentary to Formula One.

  Richard Branson

  Love, Mistake, Mean

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