Richard Branson

You shouldn’t blindly accept a leader’s advice. You’ve got to question leaders on occasions.

Richard Branson

Your brand or your name is simply your reputation, you have to fight in life to protect that as it means everything. Nothing is more important.

Richard Branson

A business can be started with very little money.

Richard Branson

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.

Richard Branson

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.

Richard Branson

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.

Richard Branson

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.

Richard Branson

Although I’ve been living in the British Virgin Islands for some time now, I have never stopped caring passionately about the UK and its great people.

Richard Branson

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.

Richard Branson

An important priority for me is a business must get their own house in order. Be or become an agent of positive change in your own enterprise and adopt responsible practices to eliminate the risks that often lie at the root of inequality and poverty.

Richard Branson