Losing My Virginity by Richard Branson

Losing My Virginity is an unusual, refreshing, funny and outrageous autobiography of one of the great business geniuses of our time.

Richard Branson gives us a new model: a dynamic, hardworking, successful entrepreneur who lives life to the fullest. Many of Richard Branson’s companies–airlines, retailing, and cola are good were started in the face of entrenched competition. Since then, Branson
.Losing My Virginity is a portrait of a productive, sane, balanced life, filled with rich and colorful stories. Branson describes the exciting life of an entrepreneur. Taking the reader on a journey of his business path: from his early days as a school magazine publisher to his battles with the elder business establishments such as British Airways.

Fighting bureaucracy, government convention and red tape since birth, this autobiography inspires those who hunger for success. Defying the advice of experts and conventional wisdom, Branson found golden opportunities in markets in which customers
were underserved and taken advantage of, choosing to write his own “rules” for success, creating a group of companies with a global presence.

This is a colorful account of one of the world’s few admirable rebels. In this autobiography, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson says one of his prime business criteria is “fun.” And in this stressed-out, overworked age, if you want some humorous and invaluable insight to entrepreneurship, this is a must-read

Posted on 10th January 2007
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