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The James Altucher Show

Ep. 269 - Sir Richard Branson: How He Found a Gap in The Market and Became The Billionaire Founder of Virgin

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Sir Richard Branson. End of notes. Enjoy. Just kidding. The advice from Richard is priceless. He's a self-made billionaire (BILLION!) who windsurfed across the English Channel with his kids, biked from Northern Italy to Southern italy with his whole family (they rode 100 miles a day). He's active everyday. Active in life, active in fatherhood, active in business. "My slogan is 'Screw it, just do it.' Why not just try these things? You may fall flat on your face," he said, "but you'll have fun." That's part of "find your virginity." (The slogan based on his new book "Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography") Then he told me how he applies this to Virgin, the multi-billion dollar empire he started on a whim... "A business is simply coming up with an idea that's going to make people's lives better," he said. That's why he's been in business for over 50 years. "If I hadn't reinvented myself I wouldn't be in business," he said. "And if I see a situation where people's lives are not as good as they could be, we'll jump in. We'll try to improve people's lives." I don't have an easy time saying "screw it." I usually overthink. And second guess myself. I want to change that. So I called Richard. And he told me how to change... he told me how to find my virginity. Make sure to read the full show notes here: https://jamesaltucher.com/2017/10/sir-richard-branson/ And don't forget to subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" on Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcasts! ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

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This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.

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Today on the James Altiger Show.

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If I have an instinct on something I don't get a cat and become spend days and days analyzing

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Princeton when I started Virgin Atlantic.

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He never got an accounting firm in to see whether or not we've baked money or lose money.

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Instinctively any firm for accountants would say you're mad, you're running a record company.

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There's no way you can make this success out of the airline business, especially when you're

0:39.0

hard to get any money started.

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And even our big rival, Bruce Sherway, said that I was too old to rock and roll to young

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to fly.

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You'll be bankrupt within 12 months and 35 years later Virgin Atlantic is still going strong.

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How did you do it?

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How did you convince Boeing to essentially lend you a plane?

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If you want to be mentally tougher, be tougher.

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Wake up earlier and make luck happen.

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Get disciplined, get freedom.

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Jocco Willink, one of my favorite people in the world, will show you how with his new

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book Discipline equals Freedom.

1:18.0

I have the book.

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I highly recommend this.

1:21.0

It's excellent.

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