Archive for September, 2008

Find good people and set them free

You will find the ‘Virgin type’ of person all over the world. I bump into them frequently in bars, cafes, hotels and small businesses, in libraries, post offices, in hospitals, at the jetty in the Caribbean, even in government offices and the civil service. Virgin types pop up everywhere, and in every nation. These people [...]

Come and meet Richard today

Richard will be signing copies of his new book Business Stripped Bare today at Waterstone’s Piccadilly, London, UK on the 5th Floor from 5.30-6.30pm today (Monday 29th September). All welcome - do come along and meet him!

My name is Nathan and I’m an Obamaniac

So I still haven’t read Business Stripped Bare yet. We are getting some copies in next week for the team here at Virgin Mobile Canada. As the pack is addressed to me I’ll make sure I grab one hot off the press or the boat or wherever it has come from. I’ve heard that a [...]

Ask Richard anything

Got a burning question for Sir Richard Branson? Now’s your chance to ask the smiley man with the beard anything you want. Richard will answer a few of your questions but only the very best will be put forward so make it a cracker.
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Stripping Virgin’s businesses bare

Writing Business Stripped Bare has been another life lesson for me. I’ve been able to remind myself of many of the business escapades that I’ve been involved in over the years.
What I’ve found is that there is no single prescription for running a successful entrepreneurial company. There are a lot of ways of doing it. [...]

Losing My Virginity - episode 2

Here’s the second MP3 in a series of highlights from Richard Branson’s audio recording of his autobiography Losing My Virginity.
In this episode Richard talks about his struggles at boarding school with dyslexia, his secret nocturnal visits to Charlotte the headmaster’s daughter and his first entrepreneurial endeavours involving Christmas trees, rabbits and budgies…

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Introducing Nathan Rosenberg

I’m going to be honest. I know this site is about the new book from Richard Branson, but I haven’t read it yet. I’ve seen photos of the cover and I’ve read the overview as provided in the Virgin Books catalogue. However we are a little behind the UK and it doesn’t go on sale [...]

An introduction

A quick hello and welcome to the Business Sripped Bare blog…

Welcome to Business Stripped Bare

I’d love to be able to write a daily blog, but I fear that it would take a lot more self-discipline and hours in my day than I currently have to do it justice! But I have spent a good deal of my time over this past year putting my new book, Business Stripped Bare, [...]

How to make a bestseller

Hot off the press! A behind-the-scenes film of Richard Branson’s new book Business Stripped Bare being printed and bound in Mackays in Kent, England. These books will be distributed all over the world in time for publication on the 18th September 2008.