Archive for November, 2008
Richard answers even more of your questions
Richard Branson answers even more of your questions as posted by you on this site. Watch the video now to see if he answered your question…
Innovation – a driver for business
In 1986 I gave an interview to a British music paper. The headline was ‘BRANSON’S BOMBSHELL’. I said that we were planning to put every album and single onto a small portable computer box and that the listener would be able to buy it and play any record they wanted, listening through mini-headphones. I said [...]
Still learning with Virgin
In response to Richard’s post on Learning From Mistakes, I’m really glad that Richard believes that blame and recriminations are pointless, otherwise I think I would have been bollocked several times over!!!
People often ask me what’s it like to do my job, be in charge of the world’s most exciting brand, and my usual reply [...]
Diggnation to announce Ebook winners
Watch episode 176 of Diggnation this Friday now to find out the lucky winners of our prize draw to win either a Sony Ebook Reader or a signed copy of Richard Branson’s new book Business Stripped Bare.
Watch the episode on Revision3.com
Thanks for everyone who entered and if you didn’t win a free signed copy then [...]
innocent’s plan B
Following on from Richard’s post on learning from mistakes I thought I’d share a lesson learned here at innocent. Since we founded innocent in ‘99 we’ve made a few mistakes like every one else but there’s one mistake that was really hard to deal with and was very early on in the business. We were [...]
Nearly naked business people take over London!
Watch what happened when Virgin Books sent a team of nearly naked business people out on to the streets of London during rush hour to inspire commuters on their way to work with a free chapter of Richard Branson’s new book Business Stripped Bare…
Learning more from failure than success
Firstly let me begin by saying, Richard Branson played a huge role in getting me to where I am today. I was blessed to work for Virgin Money Australia for a few years, during which I got to meet Richard a couple of times. Every morning as I walked into the office I would see [...]
Learning from mistakes
In 1971 I made the biggest mistake of my life. It was an event referred to as recently as late 2007 by the Liberal Democrat MP Vince Cable in the House of Commons during Virgin Money’s bid for the Northern Rock bank. He said, when speaking under UK parliamentary privilege, that I was not a [...]
Special delivery
Good delivery depends upon many things. Two of the most important elements are attention to detail, and good communication. Neither of these essentials is difficult to understand or implement, so, naturally, they’re the first things we forget.
Don’t waste your precious time. Phone calls and emails can eat your day. Don’t let them. No one will [...]
Richard answers more of your questions
Richard Branson answers more of your questions as posted by you on this site. Watch the video now to see if he answered your question… but don’t worry if he hasn’t yet, there’s more video to come so check back soon.
