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.

If people are jumping down people's throats all the time, in the end, they'll just shrivel up like a flower shrivels up that's not watered.

If you get your face and your name out there enough, people will start to recognize you.

Success comes from delegating, risk-taking and having a good TEAM!

I drink about 30 cups of tea a day. I'm a complete tea addict.

I 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.

When you are ready to make your first hires, look for people who understand your passion, want to add to your ideas and can envision ways to make improvements.