Is there anything Richard Branson doesn’t do? A high school drop-out
at 16, he’s started companies, had fun, and had more adventures than
anyone could dream of in a lifetime.
He’s a creative personality and a brilliant businessman… an energetic, fun loving man who has built a brand recognizable around the world.
He appeared in public dressed in a $10,000 white silk bridal gown, drove a tank
into New York City’s Times Square and fired a cannon at the Coca-Cola
sign.
He is sometimes called an “adventure capitalist”. He did many eccentric and daring acts for promotion.
When he was born, he had dyslexia. This meant Richard probably would have to struggle all his life, doing even simple tasks.
Yet he started the Virgin empire, which has more than 400 companies in 30 countries ranging from an international airline to a bridal-wear shop, and rose to become a multi-billionaire.
What you could learn from this episode:
- How his mother helped him to overcome his shyness
- How his mother raised him to be an entrepreneur
- Why he didn’t like studies
- What he did to compensate for his weakness in academics.
- How he got the idea for his first business
- How he settled on the name Virgin
- How he stumbled on the music business
- His advice on how to get business ideas
- His brilliant advice on failures
- Why, even though he fails, he still experiments with new business ideas
