Please be polite. Nothing in life should erode the habit of saying thank you to people or praising them.

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

Never to be frightened of taking risks and always follow your instincts!

Most entrepreneurs are not doing it for financial motives in the first place. They're just people who love creating.

I was fortunate enough, after many visits to many wonderful, weird people to come across Burt Rutan, who is a genius in the Mojave Desert. And SpaceShipOne was born and had three flights into space that won something called the X Prize. And from there, we're building SpaceShipTwo, which is ... a beautiful spaceship that is very, very, very nearly completed and will be ready from about next Christmas onwards to start taking people into space.

You need lucky breaks to be successful.

London is one of the most exciting cities in the world with so many fantastic pubs and restaurants. I would urge people to get out there and see as much as possible.