We'll not be sending anyone into space before it is safe and the vehicle is well and truly tested.

I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on gut feeling, especially if I can see that they are taking the mickey out of the consumer.

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.

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.

I have never had an office that I work out of and work has become intertwined with my personal life.

To be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running

You see, it's essential that one of us stays awake during the flight [ballon]. So, rather than using the comfortable Virgin seats which we used to cross the Atlantic, we've asked British Airways for two of theirs.