I have had a lot of fun pushing the boundaries on my balloon and kitesurf adventures, breaking some world records in the process, and I think this attitude of having fun whilst working hard is one that lends itself very well to successful entrepreneurship.

It isn't effective or productive to force your employees to do anything. Choice empowers people and makes for a more content workforce.

The risk is worth it. Mike would have been the first to say that.

And you know, I've had great fun turning quite a lot of different industries on their head and making sure those industries will never be the same again, because Virgin went in and took them on.

I think business leaders all over the world should not just think of how we can make lots of money, which is fine, but to take some of the problems in the world and get out there and tackle them using business. I think that if businesses do that we can get on top of these problems.

It's incredible to get people to turn out right in the middle of no where.

It's better to say nothing than spend 1,000 words or an hour speech saying nothing. Get to the point.