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.

For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility.

Any successful entrepreneur knows that time is more valuable than money itself.

The most important thing for entrepreneurs is not to be put off by failure.

If you are glass half empty type of person, maybe you just haven’t been holding the right glass

If you don't have time for the small things, you won't have time for the big things

I've had to create companies that I believe in 100%. These are companies I feel will make a genuine difference. Then I have to be willing to find the time myself to talk about them, promote them and market them. I don't want to spend my life doing something that I'm not proud of.