Thursday, October 11, 2007

TEDTalks: Richard Branson (2007)

When asked a question about how he manages to start up and manage so many companies, he responds that if you can run one company then you can run many
- running companies is about finding good people and then bringing out their best.
- previews the interior design of the Virgin Galactic craft.
- discusses the fact that he's dyslexic and left school at the age of 15.
- "capitalist philanthropy" - alludes to the fact that in a capitalist system extreme wealth ends up in the hands of a few people, and that responsibility goes with that wealth, and that it's important for those individuals to use that money to create jobs or to tackle issues, eg. global warming/alternative fuels; social problems in Africa (including AIDS)