I read Richard Branson’s new book Business Stripped Bare over the weekend. My family (all women) went to a women’s retreat so I was all alone this weekend. Except for a friend Ed who came over to watch the last James Bond movie, can’t wait for the new one to come out. So I had ...…
My friend Craig Perrine had an excellent post yesterday about the economic non end of the world. Nice quote here. It’s the circle of economic life my friend, not a crisis or the end of the US as we know it (contrary to what all the uber ninnies on the news are telling us). As ...…
I love this quote. There are many ways to run a successful company. What works once may never work again. What everyone tells you never to do may just work, once. There are no rules. You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over, and it’s because you ...…
Here is an article that was adapted from Richard Branson’s new book Business Stripped Bare. I pre-ordered the book yesterday. Here is an excerpt and the link to the full article is at the bottom. Enjoy, he makes some very good points and it is very timely. I learned never do anything that means you ...…
Another great example of how to publicize yourself. With Sanderson and Branson at the helm, they will make the crossing in the 30-metre Virgin Money, which is owned by the Team Origin leader, Sir Keith Mills. Sanderson last crossed the Atlantic in 2003, setting a record of six days, 17 hours, 52 minutes and 39 ...…
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British carrier Virgin Atlantic Airways is looking to dispose of its equity stake in loss making Virgin Nigeria. The Sir Richard Branson- founded carrier owns 49 per cent of Virgin Nigeria together with Nigerian institutional investors who hold 51 per cent. The domestic carrier has recently been in dispute with the government over whether its ...…
Virgin Comics, the joint venture between Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and the Indian comics publisher Gotham Entertainment Group, has been shut down Try often and cut the ideas that don’t work. That is what Richard Branson is good at. Virgin Comics was shut down because it wasn’t making enough or any money. I learned this ...…
But instead of pursuing a career in the NHS, Holly will not enter her second year of hospital training and will immediately take up an internship under her father’s eye. “I’m leaving medicine next Tuesday to start working with my dad,” says Holly, who was yesterday watching the Cartier International tournament at the Guards Polo ...…
The space tourism race marked a milestone Monday as British mogul Sir Richard Branson and American aerospace designer Burt Rutan waved to a crowd from inside the cabin of an exotic jet that will carry a passenger spaceship to launch altitude. The photo-op was the public unveiling of the White Knight Two mothership before a ...…
