J.D. Rockefeller - Richard Branson His Life and Business Lessons

His Life and Business Lessons

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Richard Branson is a well-known internationalentrepreneur, and his lessons in life and in business, have servedas an inspiration for everyone who dreams of pursuing a career inbusiness, and seeks to make a name for themselves in thecompetitive world around them.

In this book, you will learn about Branson,his different businesses as well as lessons he learned along theway that you can integrate in your daily life. This isnt abiography, it is more about how Branson got started in business,how he managed them, and how he handled failures and criticisms.This book also offers tips, advice, and secrets of how Bransonachieved success in business, in spite of his many failures and theobstacles he faced along the way. If you want to achieve successlike Richard Branson as an entrepreneur, planning to establish yourown business, this book will prove to be a useful source ofinspiration to help you along the way.

Richard Branson once said that never hasthere been a more exciting time for everyone to explore the nextgreat frontier, where the boundaries between higher purpose andwork begin merging into one, where doing good things are reallygood for business. If you have something you want to do, just doit, and do not wait for that perfect time or procrastinate until itis too late.

Regardless of your goals in life, you wontsucceed if you dont let go of your fears. Instead of being afraidto try something, screw it and just do it, like Richard Bransondid!

Everything Revolves Around Taking Action

In life and in business, it is all abouttaking action. Nothing can be perfectly planned and nothing can beaccomplished flawlessly. The best thing you can hope for is bybeing half certain of your plans and know that you as well as theteam you have assembled, are willing to do their best and work hardto overcome problems as they arise. If you are committed,passionate, and you believe in yourself, anything is possible. Itall begins once you take that half certainty, combine it with yourintuition and just do it. Over analyzing is actually the end andthe beginning. So, if you want to succeed with your goals, realizethat in life and in the business industry, theres no certainty,and know that a positive outlook is so very essential to yoursuccess, and with this positivity, comes positive results.

What You Should Know about Richard Branson

Branson always argues with companiesregarding the way they treat their employees, communities aroundthem, and the environment, because for him, these play a huge rolein growing a healthier brand and for long-term financial growth.For Branson, once you have made a positive impact in your business,you will not just make the world a better place, you are alsocontributing to the companys long-term success. But, aside fromthat, there are other things you should know about RichardBranson.

Born on the 18th of July 1950 inSurrey, England, Branson struggled in his school and dropped outwhen he was just 16 years of age, which is actually a decision thatlead him to create Virgin Records. His entrepreneurial projectsbegan in the industry of music, and expanded into a few othersectors, which helped make Branson one of the most well-known andrespected billionaires in the world today. Currently, his VirginGroup hold over two hundred companies including Virgin Galactic,which is a space-tourism firm. Branson is also renowned for hisadventurous spirit as well as sporting achievements like crossingthe oceans in a hot air balloon.

Bransons Early Life

Bransons father was Edward James Branson,who served as a barrister, while Eve Branson, his mother was aflight attendant. At his early age, Branson struggled withdyslexia, which created struggles for him in his adolescence. Infact, he nearly failed school when he was 13. Then, he transferredto a boarding school located in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England.Because he was still struggling, he decided to drop out toestablish Student, which is a youth-culture magazine. This was runby students, for students, and sold eight thousand dollars worthof advertising space when it was first published in 1966. The firstthousand copies were free, covered by the advertising revenue hedmade.

In 1969, Branson was residing in a communityin London, where he was surrounded by the drug scene and Britishmusic. This was during the time that Branson had started amail-order record company, which was called Virgin, to assist himin funding his magazine. His company did well, and made Bransonenough money that he was able to make an expansion to Virgin byadding record shops. Due to the success of his record shops, he wasable to establish a recording studio.

Virgin Records

Mike Oldfield was the very first artist inVirgin Records. He recorded Tubular Bells in 1973 as his singlewith the assistance of Bransons team. The song was a huge hit andstayed on the UK charts for a total of 247 weeks. With the use ofthe success of Oldfield, Branson signed a few aspiring musicalgroups like the Sex Pistols. Other artists, including the RollingStones, Genesis, and Culture Club would follow, which made VirginMusic one of the top 6 record companies across the globe.

Business Expansion

Branson expanded his efforts, but this timehe included the travel company, called Voyager Group in 1980, andin 1984, the airline Virgin Atlantic, and Virgin megastores.However, the success of Branson wasnt always predictable. By 1992,he was suddenly struggling to remain afloat. The company was alsosold later that year to the THORN EMI for $1B.

Branson was also crushed by the loss, andreportedly cried after he signed the contract, yet remainedinterested in business. In 1993, he established Virgin Radio, and afew years later, in 1996, he began a second record company calledV2. V2 today includes artists like Tom Jones and Powder Finger.

The Virgin Group of Branson, now holdsapproximately two hundred companies in more than thirty countriessuch as Australia, the UK, the US, Asia, Europe, South Africa,Canada, and Asia. He has also expanded his businesses to include aluxury game preserve, train company, space-tourism company, andmobile phone company.

Branson is also renowned for his sportingactivities and the most popular is the record-breaking Atlanticcrossing in the Virgin Atlantic Challenger II, in 1986. The firstcrossing was through a hot-air balloon of the Pacific and AtlanticOceans. He was also knighted in 1999 for his entrepreneurialcontributions and was named as one of the worlds most famousbillionaires.

Virgin Galactic

Recently, Branson focused his attention onhis new space tourism company. He partnered with the ScaledComposites to form the Spaceship Company thats currently creatinga suborbital spaceplane. In April 2013, the project created anexceptional leap forward with the test launch of theSpaceShipTwo.