"Oh, screw it, let's do it."
That's 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 we're complete virgins at business, let's 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 Branson's companies--airlines, retailing, and cola are good examples--were started in the face of entrenched competition. The experts said, "Don't 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 globe
Signing the Sex Pistols, Janet Jackson, the Rolling Stones, Boy George, and Phil Collins
Fighting back when British Airways took on Virgin Atlantic and successfully suing this pillar of the British business establishment
Swimming two miles to safety during a violent storm off the coast of Mexico
Selling Virgin Records to save Virgin Atlantic
Staging 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, --From the Hardcover edition.
完全的混乱,嬉皮的人生。 这家伙果然继承了父母的基因,非常爱冒险,头脑又擅长短期策略,虽然主意非常多,但是基本是s式的。说真的,我一点也不羡慕他,这么混乱的日子我可过不了,尽情的赚钱,尽情的性,额,真不搭我。 唯一羡慕的是他良好的精力,真是太有精力了。。。。。
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評分看里查德布兰森自传的时候,脑海中有偶尔浮现乔布斯的形象,同样都出生于20世纪50年代、辍学、钟爱嬉皮士、亿万富翁。但相较于懂技术、专注于科技领域的乔布斯,里查德布兰森在商业上所获得的成就,更加来源于其“敏锐的商业直觉”、“疯狂的冒险精神”,我觉得这是“纯粹”的...
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評分完全的混乱,嬉皮的人生。 这家伙果然继承了父母的基因,非常爱冒险,头脑又擅长短期策略,虽然主意非常多,但是基本是s式的。说真的,我一点也不羡慕他,这么混乱的日子我可过不了,尽情的赚钱,尽情的性,额,真不搭我。 唯一羡慕的是他良好的精力,真是太有精力了。。。。。
以前本科時看的書,對我的影響很大。
评分Take a chance and follow your nose
评分Live life to the full. Life is short.
评分本科時看的原著 很喜歡他的嬉皮態度 Have fun in what you are doing~!
评分從一個不爭氣的學生 變成地下刊物的經理人 再開唱片店 因為Tubular bells賺到第一桶金 這張真的厲害 到倫敦奧運會的時候還驚訝於Mike的纔華
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