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Richard Branson

Virgin Group to launch urban hotel brand

12 June 2008

Today’s lesson from Richard Branson is expand your services to places you are already servicing.  One of his many airlines flys to several cities where they want to develoop hip urban upscale hotels.  Look at what add-on services you can add to what you already have.
Virgin Group is set to launch a new urban hotel [...]

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What do virgins and carbon scrubbers have in common?

10 June 2008

What virgins and carbon scrubbers have in common is Richard Branson.  Here are a select few articles about Richard Branson in the last week and what you can learn from them.
The case study is very interesting and you’ll learn alot about business.  The carbon scrubber’s article is a good step toward getting carbon dioxide out [...]

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Virgins Branson Sees More US Airline Bankruptcies Ahead

15 April 2008

With American Airlines making a major customer service mistake that with this current airline environment could spell the end of the airline and with fuel costs a well run company like Virgin America can do very well in the USA.
When the economy for an industry is growing companies that are well run can stay in [...]

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Branson’s online charter plane service launches

10 March 2008

Richard Branson is at it again. I’m surprised he hadn’t done this before.
Some 25 years after the entrepreneur chartered a private jet to fly 50 passengers and himself from the Beef Island, Tortola airport to Puerto Rico after their original flight was cancelled, Branson will launch on Tuesday Virgin Charter, an online service [...]

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Algae are fuelling Branson’s maiden flight

25 February 2008

Richard Branson’s new biofuel plane apparently has algae in part of the secret biofuel recipe.  It will fly today.
This is a great moment because it is the first time in history that air transportation and alternative fuel are being shown as commercially viable.
This morning Virgin Atlantic and its suppliers Boeing and GE will stage [...]

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Virgin Galactic Reveal The Design of SS2/WK2

22 February 2008

Are you interested in going to outer space? Richard Branson reveals the design of the mother and space ships.
The audience heard how around 80 of Virgin Galactic’s Founder customers had joined us on a series of G-Force training days at the NASTAR centrifuge facility in Philadelphia and how in those two days, each of [...]

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Entrepeneurial Branding

13 February 2008

Virgin’s brand is unique in the world.  Virgin has so many companies (350+ right now) and they span a very broad range of categories that there really is nothing that Richard Branson wouldn’t do with some exceptions.
So what does ‘entrepreneurial branding’ mean? Entrepreneurial branding is about being: hands-on, holistic (looking at and trying various [...]

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The World’s most profitable remortgage?

11 February 2008

Most everyone knows that Richard Branson is doing very well.  As the founder of Virgin which owns over 350 different companies and his famous Necker Island, he’s one of the most wealthy men in the world.
But did you know that his parents had to remortage their home back in the early 70’s so their son [...]

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Opportunity Is Everywhere

5 February 2008

Apparently there is a lot of stories about the economy in the USA is slowing down and prosperity is disappearing.  I say Apparently because I don’t watch the negative news, I focus on the positive and look for opportunity everywhere.
This morning I’m reading my email and I have three tips in my inbox.  All three [...]

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Captain Richard Branson voyaging to the bottom of the sea

29 January 2008

Richard Branson’s ideas just never stop.  Now Virgin is looking into exploring the oceans.  Since only 95% of them are explored this is a good idea.  Wondering how Branson and other people like hiim do this?  Branson’s idea recording techniques is in my book Play Prosperity Games.
HE’S crossed the Atlantic in a balloon, the [...]

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Virgin Galactic Unveils Suborbital Spaceliner Design

24 January 2008

My friend Bob emailed me article link late last night. Bob knows I’m a fan of Richard Branson. 2008 will be the year of commercial space flight. You see new business models are being created all the time. Richard Branson sold Virgin Megastores in the UK and has moved on to [...]

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Virgin Leading The Way In Social Entreprenuership

17 January 2008

Richard Branson is a role model for me and my businesses.  Now he is one for social responsibility.  He is showing that business can be leaders in helping social and environmental causes.
Branson has garnered attention of late for his efforts to make the Virgin Group more socially responsible. In addition to creating socially conscious investment [...]

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Virgin Atlantic to run 747 on biofuel

15 January 2008

Richard Branson is amazing in that he is applying entreprenuer skills to the environment.  Instead of the usual hugging the tree and protesting which doesn’t work very well at all.
Virgin Atlantic said Monday it would fly one of its Boeing 747 planes on biofuel during a demonstration flight from London to Amsterdam next month.
Virgin [...]

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Virgin Atlantic strikes called off

11 January 2008

After Richard Branson tell Virgin Atlantic staff that their planned strike over their pay raise of nearly 5% was not enough he told them that they should seek employment elsewhere in order to afford the lifestyle they want.  Well he plain frank tactic worked.
Strikes planned by Virgin Atlantic cabin crew have been called off after [...]

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Linux and Outsourcing Help Virgin America Soar

11 January 2008

Open source software is changing the cost of information technology.   Virgin America the newest airline from Richard Branson is saving millions with open source software.
Maguire estimates that his department has saved the company nearly $6 million in licensing fees and ongoing maintenance fees since he first began setting it up about 18 months ago. His [...]

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