Childrens Corner

When Virgin Atlantic launched in 1984, not one person thought it would survive for more than a year. The bosses of the big American airline companies said I’d fail. Now they are all out if business. I’m till here.

I was bold, yes, but not foolish. I took a risk by starting up irline. But the odds were good. They were not all or nothing, like hey were with the winner of The Rebel Billionaire, and I had thought hrough how to manage the risks. Shawn Nelson could have won it all r lost it all on the spin of a coin. It took courage to refuse.

My ext big venture was starting Virgin Trains in 1996. I got the idea when I was in Japan. I was there to look for a site to build a new megastore. When we took the bullet train, I thought it was great. It as like being on a plane.

‘Why can’t trains be like this in the UK?’ I hought. I jotted down some notes to remind me. It was fate. The ext week the UK government said they would break up the old train ystem, British Rail, and let new business compete to run trains. I umped in and said I was interested. The news hit the papers: VIRGIN O GO INTO TRAINS. They said it was a bold move.

Taken From : Screw It,Let’s Do It