All good leaders listen to their people and empower them to go away and turn any innovative ideas they have into a reality.

Everybody has a camera on their phone these days, everybody wants a selfie or a picture, and the moment one person starts taking a picture everybody congregates around so I've become quite a fast walker. I don't like saying, "No," to people but by walking fast one might be able to avoid the first photo.

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.

Virgin could never have grown into the group of more than 200 companies it is now, were it not for a steady stream of intrapreneurs who looked for and developed opportunities, often leading efforts that went against the grain.

There's no better satisfaction than watching the people around you, who have worked day and night to get something right, realising the dream.

Confidence breeds confidence and negativity breeds negativity. Treat those around you with respect and dignity and they will thrive.

People do not mind people who try things and fail. If you're a good entrepreneur, you're not going to succeed in every single thing you try. You've got to try to succeed at more things than fail.