I heard a growing trend is for people to retire to college towns where they can volunteer and keep learning new things. Good idea. That’s the thing with retirement is for most life gets really boring which leads to an early death. My experience seeing my parents and grandparents approaching or in retirement and my ...…
Yesterday I blogged about Virgin and why complaining customers are the best. Well, today Virgin offers the complaining customer a job. A Virgin Atlantic spokesman said that an offer has been extended to the complainant to select new meals to serve on the airline. “While we investigated his complaint seriously, and following Richard Branson’s phone ...…
I blogged about Guy Kawasaki and Richard Branson last week. Guy got a foot massage from Richard to convince Guy to fly Virgin next time. This spurred Guy to a chapter of his book Reality Check The Art of Customer Service. Check out the 16 points Guy talks about. A great reality check. OPEN Forum ...…
Big business isn’t going to save America or the world from a depression. Small business will. Entrepreneurs and not big execs will show the way to innovation.…
Sir Richard Branson gave a damning verdict on the economy – describing it as “f*****”. The entrepreneur described the current downturn as “a terrible, terrible mess” and blamed “some very irresponsible people in the banking community” and “lax regulation”. “I was going to say, it’s f*****, but I think I had better not have said ...…
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Here is what Richard Branson’s day was like back in October. 14 hours with Richard Branson – Part 1 14 hours with Richard Branson – Part 2 14 hours with Richard Branson – Part 3 I found it very interesting how many things they did in one day. Talk about busy.…
A really cool way to get publicity and have fun is to do something never done before. Richard Branson and his kids are sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in an attempt to break the world record on the fastest Atlantic Ocean crossing. Of course you have to be able to accept failure. Richard Branson has ...…
Richard Branson’s new book which I reviewed last week has 43 pages available as a preview. Check it out below. The Random House – DDC – Widget. I highly recommend the book.…
I have a great aunt with a lot of money. She has many many accounts in many banks with no more than $100,000 USD in each because that is the limit the FDIC Insurance will pay. Not many know this, but yes there is limit. So if you have a lot of money use different ...…
