What I learned from reading Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Wayby Richard Branson
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Business is a fluid, changing substance. A mutating, indefinable thing [0:45]
I just pick up the phone and get on with it [7:50]
smart ways to get initial traction [9:51]
to understand the entrepreneur, study the juvenile delinquent [14:19]
Richard Branson's early business philosophy [14:49]
the beginning of Virgin [19:00]
what he learned from going to jail [23:01]
the scope of Richard's ambition at 21 [24:44]
a model of compatible businesses [27:00]
how Richard Branson made his first fortune [29:00]
how Richard Branson gets Necker Island and the idea for Virgin Airways [34:45]
protecting the downside risk [38:40]
Richard Branson's view on public companies [46:12]
taking Virgin private, funding secured [52:00]
questioning the direction of his life at 40 years old [59:54]