In 30 years time, as technology moves forward even further, people are going to look back and wonder why offices ever existed.

One key to entrepreneurial success is to get a great group of people around you who believe in your idea.

Because I don't see Virgin as a company but as a way of life and I fully enjoy it, I don't think I'll ever retire.

Success cannot be measured in wealth, fame or power, but by whether you have made a positive difference for others.

I never set out to be a businessman

We need a new way of doing business to get out of the present crisis ... Absolute greed has come close to bankrupting the world. Thanks to the crisis that certain businesses have dumped on everyone a lot of people are going to suffer on a global scale. All of us must learn. It is all the more important that those business leaders that are left standing try to be a force for good.

I think sometimes when you come from a conservative background, you want to rebel a little bit. I dropped out of school at 15 and learned early in life that saying yes was a lot more fun than saying no. If you have the opportunity to explore the skies and attempt something people haven't done before - well, I was damned if I was going to sit around watching television while someone else was doing it.