Every success story is a tale of constant adaption, revision and change. A company that stands still will soon be forgotten. Trying to provoke positive change is a principle we've embedded across the Virgin family for more than four decades.

Although my spelling is still sometimes poor, I have managed to overcome the worst of my difficulties through training myself to concentrate.

Take a chance - it's the best way to test yourself, have fund and push boundaries.

Surprisingly, a large number of people who fell out with their partners contacted us, saying that they would love to fly on a Virgle spaceship. But out of April Fools' jokes come real things, and I wouldn't be surprised, within the next 50 years, [if] there are one-way trips heading out into space with people on it. It would be very exciting.

The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world.

Wine, like life, is meant to be enjoyed.

I just wanted to create things that I could be proud of. Money was just an evil byproduct to pay the bills at the end of the year.