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Thursday, 04 November 2004

briefly branson: "Celebrity Segues Edition"

posted by jstanforth @ 10:08 AM in briefly branson

It really is amazing how many thousands of links there are to Richard Branson online. I’ve been experimenting with new ways of finding and sorting the best of these links, but the sheer volume is pretty unmanageable. So, if you see a link worth mentioning here, by all means, drop us an email at editors @ this site name. For today’s batch of briefly branson, we’ve got music celebrities, celebrities named John, and a little bit of Virgin branding. [Read more]

Sunday, 31 October 2004

briefly branson: "Everybody Loves Richard"

posted by jstanforth @ 2:29 PM in briefly branson

There are far too many mentions of our favorite billionaire to post them all individually, so we summarize the better mentions in our "briefly branson" posts. Today’s collection: (1) grounded Queen of Sky writes to Virgin King; (2) entrepreneurs succeed without university degrees; and two more business writers citing Sir Richard. [Read more]

Wednesday, 13 October 2004

briefly branson: "Influential Business People"

posted by jstanforth @ 11:16 PM in briefly branson

A new book called Lasting Leadership: Lessons from the 25 Most Influential Business People of Our Times includes Sir Richard Branson in the top-25 list, but seems to profile him based on articles and previous speeches instead of a new interview.

Also, an article about entrepreneurs has this to say about the "Portfolio or Strategic Entrepreneur" archetype:

Description: Starts a string of ventures, which often fit an overall business vision.
Profile: Empire-builder. Constantly searching for new opportunities to build a brand, often by encouraging a personality cult.
Fits: Sir Richard Branson, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, Simon Woodroffe.