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“Another Branson gem is this one, quote: “Good people are not just crucial to a business. They ARE the business.” Love that one. There’s not much in life better than to work & collaborate with good people each & every day. And finally, I’ll leave you with this one truth in life from Sir Richard Branson, who said quote: “Do not be embarrassed by your failures – learn from them & start again.”

-Scott Luton, Host, This Week in Business History

In this episode of This Week in Business History, host Scott W. Luton dives into the journey of Sir Richard Branson. So much has been made of Branson’s most recent projects – – but do you know about some of his earliest beginnings? What was Branson’s first business? What did his mother find to help Branson make it through the early days? Where did the Virgin name come from? Find out the answers to all of these questions & more in this episode.

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