Re: Richard Branson On Virgle: Jolene Goes To Mars

Jolene Responds To Tycoon Richard Branson on his offer to go to Mars!!!!!!!!!! www.google.com Hey Trailer Park Fans! Wow, I did a video response! Aren't you proud of me? It's only because I think I would be the perfect person to go to Mars to help Mr. Branson colonize it! More cooking shows coming soon, maybe as soon as April 2nd! In the meantime, please excuse me while I show my face in front of a Bazillionaire :) Love Ya'll! Jolene Sugarbaker The Trailer Park Queen #10 - Most Discussed (Today) - Science & Technology #39 - Most Viewed (Today) - Science & Technology #4 - Top Rated (Today) - Science & Technology #40 - Top Rated (This Week) - Science & Technology



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Heather Maclean Rebel Billionaire with Richard Branson

Heather Maclean (www.heather-maclean.com), author and founder of Little Laureate, was one of the entrepreneurs chosen to accompany Virgin's Sir Richard Branson on a 50000 mile trip around the world for Fox's "The Rebel Billionaire." When not helping improve the lives of others (developing a sustainable development plan for a village in Africa), she was busy fearing for her own (capsizing in Class V Zambezi River rapids). The first civilian mom on the "vomit comet" space plane, Heather was in the Final Four and ultimately chose the winner of the show, Lovesac's Shawn Nelson.



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Richard Branson on Ric Peterson Show

Sir Richard dropped in on my show as winter was lashing Montreal one last time before spring. He shared what new adventures he's taking on, his feelings about the economy and how he got to be so successful.



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Galactic biking with Richard Branson - Space Tourist - BBC Science & Nature

Sir Richard Branson explains his commercial company of clients vying for a ticket on the first tourist space ship. Fascinating video from BBC show 'Space Tourists'.



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Engage Today 2009 -- with Richard Branson, Dr. Stephen Covey and His Holiness the Dalai Lama

This historic event is taking place September 30th - October 3rd, 2009, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This 4 day international conference features presentations by many of the most respected and sought-after leaders and experts in the world, including: ** Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Group of Companies ** Dr. Stephen R. Covey, named one of the Top 25 Most Influential Americans ** President FW de Klerk, Nobel Peace Price Recipient ** Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com ** Marci Shimoff, author of "Happiness for No Reason" ** Bill Phillips, "Body-for-LIFE" and Transformation.com ** Carol Cone, the pioneer of Cause Branding ** Janet Attwood, co-author, "The Passion Test" ** Bill Harris, Director, Centrepointe Research ** Brendon Burchard, "Life's Golden Ticket" .. and more than 10 other incredible experts, authorities and leaders! Delegates of this incredible event will also have the unique opportunity to attend a private address by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, live and in person, during the Engage Now Conference (organized by official host of the Dalai in Calgary, the University of Calgary). Also featuring a private concert with Bryan Adams, kdlang and friends, as well as a special appearance by Paula Abdul and other international stars and celebrities. Act now to reserve your space at what many are calling "The Event of the Decade!" Go to: www.EngageToday2009.com now!



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Richard Branson

Richard Branson is an English entrepreneur with an unmatched style and flamboyance with an everlasting appetite to start new businesses. He is well known for his famous brand "Virgin" that spans over 350 companies doing business in various aspects ranging from credit cards to airlines and music "Megastore".

Richard Branson was born on July 18, 1950 in Blackheath, London. Branson's journey began early as he published the "Student" magazine when he was just 16. He did not complete graduation and started an audio record mail-order business in 1970. By 1972 Richard opened a chain of record stores later known as "Megastores" marking the birth of the Virgin brand. Branson's Virgin brand has had tremendous success during the 80's as he set up the Virgin Atlantic Airways. In 1990 Richard sold the Virgin Records groups to EMI for $1 billion to keep afloat his airlines business. Branson later re-entered the records business in 1996 under the name "V2 records" but didn't enjoy the same success and later sold it to Zavvi.

The Virgin brand has a vast geographical coverage with business centers located in United Kingdom, the United States of America, Australia, Canada, Asian, Europe and South Africa. The net worth of Richard Branson is close to US $ 2.5 billion and he is among the top 300 billionaires list of Forbes.

Richard Branson was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Technology from Loughborough University in 1993. He was knighted in 1999 for his services to entrepreneurship. In 2000, Branson received the Tony Jannus Award for his accomplishments in commercial air transportation.

He is passionate about his life and enjoys every moment and challenge that comes his way.

In his own words:

"Sometimes I do wake up in the mornings and feel like I've just had the most incredible dream. I've just dreamt my life." - Richard Branson

BVI Kite Jam with Sir Richard Branson. Produced and Photographed By Erin Calmes

BVI Kite Jam with Sir Richard Branson. Produced and photographed By Erin Calmes. Join Charlie Smith, Scotty Wilson and the BVI Tourism board with Abby O'Neal for the star launch of the BVI Kite Jam. Events stage off Necker Island, Anegada, Bitter End. Feb. 27 to March 5, 2010. Starting with a VIP Party and fashion show sponsored by Billabong at the Fat Virgin Cafe. Additional events, competitions, parties and meals will be hosted on Bitter End Yacht Club, Necker Island, Anegada and Sand Box for the Kite Jam participants. With a fantastic downwinder off Anegada. Check out BVIKiteJam.com



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Can You Make Money From Brawn GP Like Richard Branson?

Sir Richard Branson has long been known for making astute business deals, but the deal he struck to enter Formula 1 racing on the eve of the 2009 season looks like genius - it's unlikely the rest of us can repeat it, but there's still money to be made from Brawn GP team...

March 2009 and as the first race of the 2009 F1 season looms in Australia, Sir Richard Branson is on one of his own Virgin jumbos down under to meet with Ross Brawn and the rest of Brawn GP team.

Brawn had only himself bought the team at the last minute, but his experience had led to the team having mechanical advantages over the rest of the field that put his cars at the front of the grid.

Branson and Brawn signed the deal the evening before the race, estimated to be around the quarter million mark.
The Brawn cars came first and second in the race, netting Branson a figure from TV rights estimated in the couple of million - not a bad return!

Plus of course the famous Virgin brand logo is on the cars.

As Branson tries to sign a bigger deal, possibly involving changing the team name to Virgin F1, how can us mere mortals make money from the Brawn success?

Well, one answer is merchandising - F1 is a big seller of merchandise, from team shirts to caps to replica car models, and they all sell at fairly big prices.

If you affiliate with a site that sells these products, you then get paid a commission on any sales from traffic you send.
That may not sound like much, but if a replica Brawn F1 car sells for $50 and you get 25%, that's $12.50 for every sale, and those small numbers can add up to big numbers.

The other easy way to profit from F1 is to write about it. Sports fans in general, and F1 fans specifically are ravenous for information, in fact the whole deck of cards is based around gossip from the pit lane.

So you can write about the sport, and then the readers to sites which you then monetize.

So although it may not be possible to make the tidy return that Richard Branson did, you can still make good money from the success of the Brawn GP team.

Virgin - Richard Branson's Success Story

Famous Quote
"I don't go into ventures to make a fortune. I do it because I'm not satisfied with the way others are doing business."

Growing Up

Branson dropped out of school in 1967 at the age of 16 and started a magazine called Student. He hoped it would be a forum for politically-minded youth. He soon was publishing essays and interviews from such figures as Jean-Paul Sartre, James Baldwin, Alice Walker, and Robert Graves. Despite such a roster of great minds and literary figures, the magazine never made money and seemed bound to fail.

Starting the Business

Branson began marketing his next idea in the pages of Student; selling albums at a reduced rate through the mail. It rapidly became a more profitable business than the magazine itself. The staff of Student suddenly found themselves the employees of the Virgin discount record store. "Virgin" because no one had been in business before. Virgin had been going strongly but it was discovered Branson was dodging his tax payments. He was arrested and jailed.

Building an Empire

An out-of-court settlement was reached and, determined to keep the balance sheets carefully, Virgin Records was founded in 1973. Mike Oldfield's progressive "Tubular Bells" was the first record released through Virgin and became an international success. But, it was the signing of the Sex Pistols to his label in 1977 that truly established Virgin Records. Though the Pistols broke up soon after, Virgin became the largest indie label in the world. Bands like the Rolling Stone, Peter Gabriel and UB40 were signed to Virgin.

Over the next six years, Branson started over fifty different companies encompassing everything from filmmaking to air conditioner cleaning. Though he was making more than $17 million dollars from his various companies collectively, Branson insists that money is not the motivation behind his involvement in so many ventures. Rather, he enjoys attempting to do something more effectively than those who have tried before him.

In 1984, Branson started Virgin Atlantic Airlines - a company that would prove to be a great challenge as well as the cause of financial distress. Branson ignored discouraging comments that told him he could never compete with British Airways, and to look to the example of those who had failed before. The reason being that he had observed how airline companies did not look after their customers adequately enough - so he would be the one to bring affordable and enjoyable flights to the public. Virgin Air was immediately recognized for its service and luxury. In-flight massages, hydrotherapy baths and seat-back video screens were all part of the experience on-board a Virgin aircraft.

With fuel prices having doubled in the early '90s, terrorist attacks making people afraid to fly, and BA launching a campaign to put Branson out of the airline business, Virgin Atlantic struggled to stay afloat. Branson was forced to sell Virgin Records in order to raise enough money to keep Virgin Atlantic and pay off his creditors. The sale of the company that gave him his start was a crushing blow.

From this point on, Branson developed a new approach to business called "branded venture capital". Through this method, Branson licenses the well-known Virgin name and logo in exchange for a controlling interest in the venture. Consequently, Branson has his company's name fixed to more than 200 different companies, among which are Virgin Bridal, Virgin Publishing, a blimp company and a modeling agency.

Branson is known for his unusual business practices (no central headquarters, no board meetings, and he can't operate a computer), his showy publicity stunts (like driving a tank into Times Square and buzzing over Big Ben in an Airbus jet), and his adventurous exploits (he was the first person to cross the Atlantic in a hot air balloon and has attempted three times to fly it around the world). It might be thought that such an approach to business could have ruined him, but Virgin is a towering $5 billion dollar giant. And Branson keeps dreaming for the future. In discussing the prospect of starting a shuttle service into space, Branson has said, "Why not? It's virgin territory."