We don't actually plan to launch new businesses over the next few years, but we are planning to take the ones we have into new territories.
Richard BransonFocus on your business strengths and keep its weaknesses away from the competition or public.
Richard BransonI am a great believer that you need passion and energy to create a truly successful business. Remember many new businesses do not make it and running a business will be a tough experience, involving long hours and many hard decisions - it helps to have that passion to keep you going.
Richard BransonIf you want milk, don't sit on a stool in the middle of a field in the hope that a cow will back up to you.
Richard BransonLook, if you can indulge in your passion, life will be far more interesting than if you're just working. You'll work harder at it, and you'll know more about it. But first you must go out and educate yourself on whatever it is that you've decided to do - know more about kite-surfing than anyone else. That's where the work comes in. But if you're doing things you're passionate about, that will come naturally.
Richard Branson