The ability to bounce back after a setback is the single most important trait an entrepreneurial venture can possess.
Richard BransonThe truth is this: the Earth cannot provide enough food and fresh water for 10 billion people, never mind homes, never mind roads, hospitals and schools.
Richard BransonBusiness is what concerns us. If you care about something enough to do something about it, you're in business
Richard BransonI definitely go on gut instinct but it has always had the back up of research and information.
Richard BransonI never learned the rules in the first place. To change the game is at the heart of what Virgin stands for, so the company culture has always been: "Don't sweat it: rules were meant to be broken."
Richard BransonI think the thing about capitalism is it's an evil necessity, capitalism. Communism has been tried and failed, and socialism, that doesn't work very well. Capitalism works, but the problem about capitalism is it does mean that a few individuals become very wealthy. Therefore, I think those individuals have enormous responsibility to redistribute that wealth either by creating new businesses or creating new jobs and making sure that money just doesn't lie in a bank account for future generations.
Richard Branson