Richard Branson

Losing My Virginity

1. IDEA 1

   School was a struggle

   Branson describes struggling at school with dyslexia and leaving early. He found that energy and curiosity mattered more to him than exams, and he started his first ventures as a teenager.

2. IDEA 2

   A magazine was his first business

   Branson describes founding Student magazine, run by young people for young people. Selling advertising and interviewing famous figures taught him to talk to anyone and take bold risks. He was still a teenager then.

3. IDEA 3

   Records started the Virgin name

   Branson explains how a mail-order record business grew into shops and then Virgin Records. The label's first big hit, Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield, gave the company money to grow.

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