Losing My Virginity by Sir Richard Branson 1998, Hardcover: items on eBay.com

Publisher's Note
"Oh, screw it, lets do it."Thats the philosophy that has allowed Richard Branson, in slightly more than twenty-five years, to spawn so many successful ventures. From the airline business (Virgin Atlantic Airways), to music (Virgin Records and V2), to cola (Virgin Cola), to retail (Virgin Megastores), and nearly a hundred others, ranging from financial services to bridal wear, Branson has a track record second to none.Losing My Virginity is the unusual, frequently outrageous autobiography of one of the great business geniuses of our time. When Richard Branson started his first business, he and his friends decided that "since were complete virgins at business, lets call it just that: Virgin." Since then, Branson has written his own "rules" for success, creating a group of companies with a global presence, but no central headquarters, no management hierarchy, and minimal bureaucracy.Many of Richard Bransons companies--airlines, retailing, and cola are good examples--were started in the face of entrenched competition. The experts said, "Dont do it." But Branson found golden opportunities in markets in which customers have been ripped off or underserved, where confusion reigns, and the competition is complacent. And in this stressed-out, overworked age, Richard Branson gives us a new model: a dynamic, hardworking, successful entrepreneur who lives life to the fullest. Family, friends, fun, and adventure are equally important as business in Branson's life. Losing My Virginity is a portrait of a productive, sane, balanced life, filled with rich and colorful stories: Crash-landing his hot-air balloon in the Algerian desert, yet remaining determined to have another go at being the first to circle the globeSigning the Sex Pistols, Janet Jackson, the Rolling Stones, Boy George, and Phil CollinsFighting back when British Airways took on Virgin Atlantic and successfully suing this pillar of the British business establishmentSwimming two miles to safety during a violent storm off the coast of MexicoSelling Virgin Records to save Virgin AtlanticStaging a rescue flight into Baghdad before the start of the Gulf War . . .And much more. Losing My Virginity is the ultimate tale of personal and business survival from a man who combines the business prowess of Bill Gates and the promotional instincts of P. T. Barnum.Also available in the UK from Virgin Publishing, and in Canada from General Publishing,

Bill Gates meets P.T. Barnum in this most unusual and revealing autobiography by one of the most outrageous and successful business tycoons in the world: Richard Branson, who has launched a unique global brand, and over 100 companies, and has amassed a billion-dollar personal fortune by breaking all the rules. of photos.

Industry Reviews
"The most attractive section of this book recounts Branson's childhood. It is refreshing to read an autobiography in which the author is grateful to his parents, and realizes how much he owes to their recognition of the old public-school virtues of initiative and hardihood."
Times Literary Supplement - Richard Davenport-Hines (11/13/1998)

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RICHARD BRANSON LOOSING MY VIRGINITY

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5 of 6 people found this review helpful.

This is a must read for anyone in business. Here you have a guy with no money, no good looks, that made himself one of the richest men in the world. It gives his life story, how he started with a small student newspaper, to become what he is today. It shows how he overcome the huge problems with bully boy tactics from a rival airline, to start up one of the worlds top airline companies.
Branson has nothing more than common sense, a desire to win, take risks and hard work. The book that gives his life story will inform you of how he does most of it, how he worked with princess Diana, and most of the worlds rich and famous. His next book is long overdue, after reading this you will be waiting for the next chapter..

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