Communicate your passion clearly, concisely and with genuine conviction.

When I started Virgin from a basement in west London, there was no great plan or strategy. I didn't set out to build a business empire ... For me, building a business is all about doing something to be proud of, bringing talented people together and creating something that's going to make a real difference to other people's lives.

Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you're likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.

Money gives you the freedom to do with your time what you want to do with it

Well, I'm somebody who is just living ...living life, and if I get frustrated by something, then I like to try to put it right.

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

I do believe the harder you work, the luckier you get.