Entrepreneur and Richard Branson

1. This word comes from the combination of two Latin word’s
“entre”, to swim out, and “prendes”, to grasp, understand, or
capture.

2. Jean-Baptiste Say combined the two
words and coined the term
“entrepreneur”.
“The entrepreneur shifts economics
resources out of an area of lower and
into an area of higher productivity and
greater yield”. -Jean-Baptiste Say
Richard Cantillon an Irish economist
in 1755 wrote an Essay on the Nature
of Trade in General and established
the entrepreneur as a “risk-taker”.
Austrian American Joseph
Schumpeter who was a political
scientist and economist in the early
1900’s say, “entrepreneurs are drivers
of change and progress”.

3. A successful
entrepreneur :
Creative
Takes a risk on good to get to great
Passionate
Innovative

4. • Born July 18, 1950, England
• Married, 2 children Holly and
Sam.
• Was knighted in 1999 for
services to entrepreneurship
• Ranks #306 @ 4.9B net worth
• Founder of the Virgin Group
• 100 companies world wide
• 60,000 employees in over 50
countries.

5. At the age of 16 Richard dropped out
of school to move to London and
pursue his dream in launching
Student Magazine, which turned out
to be a major success.
1970 - At the age of 19 Richard
started a mail order record retailer
called Virgin.
1971 - Opens his first Virgin records
shop on Oxford street, in London.
1972 – Britain's first residential
recording studio.
1973 – Virgin record label launches its
first four releases.
1977 – Releases a punk anthem
during the Silver Jubilee.
1978 – The company moves into film,
books and Megastores.

6. After Richard’s journey started he never looked back, from the 1970’s till now
the Virgin group has never stopped. Richard continues to grow the company
any many different ways.

7. • Founded in 1984
• Mission Statement - is simple, yet the foundation of
everything we do here at Virgin Atlantic Airways...to
embrace the human spirit and let it fly,
• In one year they went from 34.8m to 68.4m pounds in pre
tax profits
• They offer special pricing and no tax on kids
• Founded in 2007
• California-based airline
• Highest-quality airline in the USA in 2013 & 2014
• As an airline designed around – and for – our guests, our
pledge is to keep doing what’s working, stop doing what
isn’t, and continue to come up with new features to make
you say: this is how to fly.
• Founded in 2004
• Boutique-quality handcrafted wines (small batches)
• Sold when the winemaker feels its quality is up to par
• Mission is to cut through the confusion of wine, tell it
straight, and take you to the good stuff.

8. • Non-profit foundation of the Virgin Group
• Helping entrepreneurship, youth, education,
environment, Health, and communities
• Virgin unite is covered by Richard Branson and the Virgin Group, so 100% of
Donations to directly to the frontline.
• Worlds first spaceline!
• Vison is that life on Earth will be made better by the exploration of space.
• “Space is not only important for the future of transportation, it’s important for the
Future of imagination.”

10. Listening is key
Being Creative
Learn from failure and keep moving
Enthusiastic

11. Any Questions?