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    About 40 percent of my time is spent on social issues and building new organizations, more for the benefit of the climate or health issues.

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    Above all, you want to create something you're proud of.

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    A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.

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    A business is simply an idea to make other people's lives better.

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    A company's employees are its greatest asset and your people are your product

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    A company is people … employees want to know… am I being listened to or am I a cog in the wheel? People really need to feel wanted.

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    A company is simply a group of people. And as a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, you have to be a great motivator, you have to be very good at praising and looking for the best in people. People are no different from flowers. If you water flowers, they flourish. If you praise people, they flourish. That's a critical attribute of a leader.

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    Actually, we did a fun April Fools' thing with Google a couple of years ago, which we called Virgle. And we looked for volunteers to go on a one-way trip to Mars.

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    After all - life is not a dress rehearsal!

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    A generation ago, the image was that you had to trample everyone else down to succeed; but I don't believe that makes good business sense.

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    A good idea for a new business tends not to occur in isolation, and often the window of opportunity is very small. So speed is of the essence.

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    A good leader leads from the front. Don't get stuck in the office. Get out, meet people and listen to their stories.

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    A little humour is good for the soul - regardless of how old you may be.

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    All good leaders listen to their people and empower them to go away and turn any innovative ideas they have into a reality.

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    All in all, the internet is a force for good, providing young entrepreneurs with access to an incredible wealth of information, has changed the way we see the world and is also a great source of innovation and entrepreneurial opportunities.

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    All of us have just got to find that time to look after our bodies. That helps us make sure that our mind is sharp. I know that when I'm feeling great and really fit, I can get in three or four hours more of really productive work.

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    Allowing my people to have a good work-life balance by working flexibly is very important to me.

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    All successful people - not just entrepreneurs - have got things wrong over and over again before finding the right solution.

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    All you have in life is your reputation: you may be very rich, but if you lose your good name, then you'll never be happy. The thought will always lurk at the back of your mind that people don't trust you.

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

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    Always think, 'what's the worst that can happen' and have some kind of strategy to deal with it

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    And ever since then [I] have set up businesses basically out of frustration. I mean, I set up Virgin Atlantic with one second-hand 747 because I hated the experience of flying on other people's airlines. And I thought, you know, I could try to create the kind of airline that I'd like to fly on. And people liked it.

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    And from, you know, small ideas, bigger ideas emerge. So we're starting with suborbital space flights and we'll then go into orbital space flights and, you know, maybe one day we'll send people on a one-way voyage into the depths of space as per the science fiction trips.

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    And if after all this you eventually fail; don't take it personal. Don't be ashamed to start all over again.

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    And in the process, we have come up with fuels - algae-based fuels, isobutanol-based fuels and other fuels - that we think will power the planes in the future so that, you know, by 2020 I hope that our planes will be powered on fuels that are clean fuels and are not polluting the environment so that we'll have a green airline and an airline that actually has fuels that will be hopefully cheaper than the dirty fuels of the past. So [we're] doing good and also turning a profit at the same time.

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    And obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal challenge.

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    And [we hope to sell] the clean fuels to other airlines. I mean, the exciting thing about the breakthrough with clean fuels for the airline industry is there's only 1,700 pumps in the world that fill up the airlines.

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    And you know, I've had great fun turning quite a lot of different industries on their head and making sure those industries will never be the same again, because Virgin went in and took them on.

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    An entrepreneur is somebody who is taking bold risks, is often doing things that have never been done before, trying to do things better. And an adventurer is challenging themselves, often doing things that have never been done before, seeing what they're capable of. In both cases, you've got to protect against the downside.

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    An exceptional company is the one that gets all the little details right.

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    Any idea can be a great idea if you think differently, dream big and commit to seeing it realized

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    Anyone who makes an effort at whatever they hope to accomplish can, and will, seriously improve their chances of succeeding.

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

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    As a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, a great motivator, be very good at praising and bringing out the best in people.

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    As an adventurer...I try to protect against the downside. I make sure I have covered as many eventualities as I can. In the end, you have to take calculated risks; otherwise you're going to sit in mothballs all day and do nothing.

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    As an entrepreneur, you've got to protect against the company going bust. And as an adventurer, you've got to protect against losing your life. It's even more important as an adventurer to get it right.

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    A setback is never a bad experience, just another one of life’s lessons.

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    As men, we all have something to give. We all have the power to do our own part to stop the global pandemic of violence against women and girls. It is holding us all back.

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    As much as you need a strong personality to build a business from scratch, you also must understand the art of delegation. I have to be good at helping people run the individual businesses, and I have to be willing to step back. The company must be set up so it can continue without me.

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    As much as you need a strong personality to build a business from scratch, you also must understand the art of delegation.

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    As people's access to the internet grows we're seeing the sharing economy boom - I think our obsession with ownership is at a tipping point and the sharing economy is part of the antidote for that.

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    A successful business must have a sound knowledge of its market and work on how its product or service will be different, stand out and improve people's lives. If you can ensure it responds to a real need in the market place, your business can punch well above its weight.

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    As we drifted to earth I sat up on the glass roof of the capsule, watching the beauty of the golden dawn as it broke over the desert. This was a day I never thought I'd see and the rising sun and growing warmth of the day seemed very precious. It made me aware that hard-won things are more valuable than those that come too easily. It reminded me to always enjoy the moment.

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    At the end, entrepreneurship is not about wearing expensive suits and earning a lot of money. It is all about being true to yourself, to your values in life. Your dreams.

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    Avoid litigations. They are expensive and consume loads of time but if you have got a good case and a better chance of winning; then fight it out.

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    Bakers bake bread, accountants manage accounts and entrepreneurs turn ideas into reality.

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    Be authentic and organic. It can't be forced or it won't work. And most importantly, have fun.

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    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.

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    Be creative. Innovate consistently on the little things that the big companies ignore. Little things often make big differences in business.

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    Being an entrepreneur simply means being someone who wants to make a difference to other people's lives.