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]

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