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"I will work day and night to avoid failure, but if I can't, I'll pick myself up the next day. The most important thing for entrepreneurs is not to be put off by failure."
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"My philosophy is, put your employees first, your customers second and your investors third and, in the end, everyone will be happy."
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Richard Branson on Getting Started
Sir Branson relives the unlikely beginnings of his Virgin empire: It all started with a magazine he launched as a teenager.
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"At Virgin we like to take on organizations much bigger than ourselves. It's a lot more fun being David than Goliath."
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Richard Branson: Knight of Big Ideas
Sir Audacity himself: "Dream big by setting yourself seemingly impossible challenges. You then have to catch up with them."