Tag: Richard Branson
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The best way to predict the future is to create it. Predictable pitfalls that entrepreneurs can learn to avoid
Entrepreneurship is like a hard mountain climbing. You need to know how to get down from the mountain when the storm hits and keep your business in the game for the long term. To come back in one piece is one of the most important things in climbing. When you’re close to the summit you…
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Caribbean Islands determined to replace diesel power with renewable sources
British Virgin Islands, Colombia, Dominica, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Turks & Caicos joined ‘Ten Island Renewable Challenge‘, a campaign by Richard Branson‘s nonprofit Carbon War Room to help flip islands off fossil fuels, as well as move forward with renewable projects for schools and hospitals. The commitments were complemented by news that…
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Richard Branson pledges to turn Caribbean green
Virgin boss says that pursuing environmental and renewable energy projects is ‘more interesting than making a few more bucks’
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Sub-orbital balloon ride to cash in on the space tourism boom
Sub-orbital balloon ride to change travelers’ view of the world. Majestic views of our planet, slowly expanding below, are certain to captivate you, as you ascend to the edge of space. Following in the footstepts of Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space travel project, Arizona-based company World View Enterprises is seeking to cash in on the…
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Richard Branson’s luxury Caribbean Necker Island reopened
Hiring your own private island just got even more irresistible. After a two-year renovation, Sir Richard Branson’s luxury Caribbean Necker Island hideaway reopened its doors. The main Great House resort on Necker Island, burned to the ground in a spectacular fire two years ago, but it has reborn from its own ashes…
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Commercial space travel to become a reality in 2014
Virgin Group founder and serial entrepreneur Richard Branson truly goes where no man has gone before. Speaking at the 2013 Social Good Summit, Branson confirmed that Virgin Galactic is on course for 2014 lift off. The near Terra space will become a holiday destination for $250,000. The stellar mini-breaks or the suborbital space flights…