Richard Branson Quotes - Page 17

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• I suspect in most companies, the public relations person is down at No. 20 in the pecking order. But here, he is fighting incredibly important battles. If a negative story starts running away with itself in the press and is not dealt with fast, it can badly damage the brand, and so we put enormous weight on our PR people.

  Richard Branson

  Running, Fighting, Order

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• Just watching Israel bombarding Palestine and Palestine sending one or two little rockets over to Israel - it's just too sad for words.

  Richard Branson

  Israel, Two, Littles

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• And obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal challenge.

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  Views, Challenges, Point Of View

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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.

  Richard Branson

  Running, Real, Moving

  Interview with Jeremy Hobson, www.marketplace.org. April 27, 2012.

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• So I've seen life as one long learning process. And if I see - you know, if I fly on somebody else's airline and find the experience is not a pleasant one, which it wasn't in - 21 years ago, then I'd think, well, you know, maybe I can create the kind of airline that I'd like to fly on.

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  Thinking, Years, Long

  "Is Space Tourism Finally About To Take Off?". Interview with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. June 6, 2014.

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• Breaking the rules and challenging convention is in the DNA of every successful entrepreneur. Doing things differently and solving problems with new, innovative and fresh approaches are the very reason many start-ups are able to compete and sometimes outpace the established market leaders.

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  Successful, Market Leaders, Dna

  Interview with Sabian Phippen, theworldly.co.uk. February 21, 2015.

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• Money is only interesting for what it lets you do and create.

  Richard Branson

  Interesting

  Sir Richard Branson (2012). “Like A Virgin: Secrets They Won’t Teach You at Business School”, p.164, Random House

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• All in all, the internet is a force for good, providing young entrepreneurs with access to an incredible wealth of information, has changed the way we see the world and is also a great source of innovation and entrepreneurial opportunities.

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  Opportunity, Young Entrepreneurs, Innovation

  "How To Turn Your Idea Into Reality – The Richard Branson Interview". Interview with Nathan Chan, foundr.com. May 30, 2018.

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• Having a good network can be invaluable. It opens doors for you and allows you to enter into opportunities that are beneficial to your business.

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  Opportunity, Doors, Beneficial

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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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  Eye, Cost, Entrepreneurial

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• The bigger the dream, the greater the opportunity

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  Dream, Opportunity, Bigger

  FaceBook post by Richard Branson from Jan 14, 2015

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• The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world.

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  Inspiring, Finding The One, World

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• You shouldn’t blindly accept a leader’s advice. You’ve got to question leaders on occasion.

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  Leadership, Advice, Accepting

  Richard Branson (2010). “Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur”, Virgin

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• The years I would have spent at University, I spent building Student Magazine and Virgin Records. For me that was far more fun and satisfying. I have treated everyday as the University education I never had and think I learnt more about business and life than I would have at University in the process.

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  Fun, Thinking, Years

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• You've got one go in life, so make the most of it.

  Richard Branson

  "How To Turn Your Idea Into Reality – The Richard Branson Interview". Interview with Nathan Chan, foundr.com. May 30, 2018.

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• Space is hard - but worth it. We will persevere and move forward together.

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  Moving, Space, Together

  "One pilot dead as Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo rocket plane crashes" by Nicky Woolg and Amanda Holpuch, www.theguardian.com. November 1, 2014.

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• But the majority of things that one could get stressed about, they?re not worth getting stressed about.

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  Reality, Stressed, Majority

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• Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won't make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa - and it's about getting a balance.

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  Life, People, Balance

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• I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn't really interested in being an entrepreneur, but I soon found I had to become an entrepreneur in order to keep my magazine going.

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  Success, Business, Writing

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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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  Trying Something New, Happens, Knows

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• The jet stream is a very strong force and pushing a balloon into it is like pushing up against a brick wall, but once we got into it, we found that, remarkably, the balloon went whatever speed the wind went.

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  Strong, Wall, Wind

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• Brands always mean something. If you don't define what the brand means, your competitors will

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  Mean, Competitors, Brands

  Richard Branson (2010). “Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur”, Virgin

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• A business can be started with very little money.

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  Littles, Little Money

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• The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands are brand names in themselves, and at a given stage in their careers their name alone can practically gaurantee hit records.

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  Success, Business, Real

  Richard Branson (2005). “Losing My Virginity: The Autobiography”, Virgin Pub

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• Making money never was my incentive. I just want to fight big companies.

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  Fighting, Incentives, Want

  The Sunday Mirror Interview, January 16, 2000.

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