This word comes from the combination of two Latin word’s “entre”, to swim out, and “prendes”, to grasp, understand, or capture.

Jean-Baptiste Say combined the two

words and coined the term

“entrepreneur”.

“The entrepreneur shifts economics

resources out of an area of lower and

into an area of higher productivity and

greater yield”. -Jean-Baptiste Say

Richard Cantillon an Irish economist

in 1755 wrote an Essay on the Nature

of Trade in General and established

the entrepreneur as a “risk-taker”.

Austrian American Joseph

Schumpeter who was a political

scientist and economist in the early

1900’s say, “entrepreneurs are drivers

of change and progress”.

A successful

entrepreneur :

Creative

Takes a risk on good to get to great

Passionate

Innovative

• Born July 18, 1950, England

• Married, 2 children Holly and

Sam.

• Was knighted in 1999 for

services to entrepreneurship

• Ranks #306 @ 4.9B net worth

• Founder of the Virgin Group

• 100 companies world wide

• 60,000 employees in over 50

countries.

At the age of 16 Richard dropped out of school to move to London and pursue his dream in launching Student Magazine, which turned out to be a major success.

1970 - At the age of 19 Richard started a mail order record retailer called Virgin.

1971 - Opens his first Virgin records shop on Oxford street, in London.

1972 – Britain's first residential recording studio.

1973 – Virgin record label launches its first four releases.

1977 – Releases a punk anthem during the Silver Jubilee.

1978 – The company moves into film, books and Megastores.

After Richard’s journey started he never looked back, from the 1970’s till now the Virgin group has never stopped. Richard continues to grow the company any many different ways.

• Founded in 1984

• Mission Statement - is simple, yet the foundation of

everything we do here at Virgin Atlantic Airways...to

embrace the human spirit and let it fly,

• In one year they went from 34.8m to 68.4m pounds in pre

tax profits

• They offer special pricing and no tax on kids

• Founded in 2007

• California-based airline

• Highest-quality airline in the USA in 2013 & 2014

• As an airline designed around – and for – our guests, our

pledge is to keep doing what’s working, stop doing what

isn’t, and continue to come up with new features to make

you say: this is how to fly.

• Founded in 2004

• Boutique-quality handcrafted wines (small batches)

• Sold when the winemaker feels its quality is up to par

• Mission is to cut through the confusion of wine, tell it

straight, and take you to the good stuff.

• Non-profit foundation of the Virgin Group

• Helping entrepreneurship, youth, education,

environment, Health, and communities

• Virgin unite is covered by Richard Branson and the Virgin Group, so 100% of

Donations to directly to the frontline.

• Worlds first spaceline!

• Vison is that life on Earth will be made better by the exploration of space.

• “Space is not only important for the future of transportation, it’s important for the

Future of imagination.”

Listening is key

Being Creative

Learn from failure and keep moving

Enthusiastic

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