Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2021

Sir Richard Branson , who controls over 400 active companies, never appears to be even working. In addition, he has often stated that his first priority is serving his employees and his extended business family, through coaching, mentoring, and effective communication. Lift everyone by eliminating complexity and highlighting value.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg , Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. This frugality was evidenced by the fact that everyone at Microsoft, even Gates, flew coach until well into the late 1990s. Note: This is an installment in the Iconic Advice series.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The best business people are also the best mentors and coaches. Sir Richard Branson , founder of Virgin Atlantic and the Virgin Group, now controls more than 400 companies in various fields. They are not afraid of giving someone a lead or inspiring them to move on to bigger and better things.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Through mentoring and coaching, you can build a culture of sharing and collaboration throughout the team. Sir Richard Branson , who now controls more than 400 companies in multiple industries, attributes much of his success to his focus on rewarding key people with the opportunity to run his new companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Why is it that only the most successful entrepreneurs , including Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Richard Branson, admit to having a mentor and actually use them? Most mentors don’t have the time to be your business coach to help you with generic skills. Yet many entrepreneurs I know are too proud or too shy to even ask for advice.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2018

For example, entrepreneur Richard Branson, beyond his flamboyant and irreverent style, is known for seeming to viscerally understand the needs of his employees and being a conduit for fulfilling those needs. Help your employees build their individual strengths with customized coaching and special assignments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2019

I also see many successful entrepreneurs, including Richard Branson , who openly state, “I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.” The venerable Steve Jobs was reportedly in the same category.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Most successful business leaders, including Richard Branson and Bill Gates, regularly called on their mentors, Freddie Laker and Warren Buffett, to test their perception of the right questions to ask, and the right issues to tackle.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2016

For leaders, this is often evident in the willingness to be coached, by outside experts or by your own team. Richard Branson, now worth about $4.2 Challenged by his contemporaries, Edison soberly responded: “I have not failed. I have just found ten thousand ways that won’t work.” Check your ego at the door (and keep it there).

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The time limit has more to do with setting an expectation that the meeting is not for solving the problem, but coaching on the parameters and the approach. Which approach do you think is more fulfilling for them, and best for your company in the long run?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2016

In my opinion, great examples in today’s entrepreneur world include Elon Musk (Tesla), Jeff Bezos (Amazon), and Richard Branson (Virgin Group). These leaders not only recognize team members who have high potential, but they willingly and selflessly customize their coaching to what these special protégés really need.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2013

For an entrepreneur, this is often evident in the willingness to be coached, by outside experts or by your own team. Richard Branson, now worth about $4.2 I have just found ten thousand ways that won''t work." " Check your ego at the door (and keep it there). That’s just hubris, and it doesn’t inspire anyone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2012

For an entrepreneur, this is often evident in the willingness to be coached, by outside experts or by your own team. Richard Branson, now worth about $4.4 I have just found ten thousand ways that won't work." " Check your ego at the door (and keep it there). That’s just hubris, and it doesn’t inspire anyone. Drive innovation.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

I’ve spent hours this week reading about the firing of the head coach and personnel manager of the football team I support – The Philadelphia Eagles. His name was Chip Kelly and he came off of a very successful stint as the coach of the collegiate Oregon Ducks. This is something I try to coach against.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You can’t find the time for coaching and mentoring. Maybe now is the time to bring in outside coaching and motivational speakers, as well as more training. Examples of entrepreneurs who practice this lesson include Jeff Bezos of Amazon, and Richard Branson , who oversees over 400 companies that are part of the Virgin Group.

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