Richard Branson Quotes

Launching a business is essentially an adventure in problem-solving.

Don’t start a business. Find a problem, Solve a problem, The business comes second.

I think I was always inspired by seeing a problem, and finding a solution.

An open-minded person running a business might catch a problem faster than a closed-minded person. And when they identify a problem, they can fix it much faster.

I started off with a company, InfoSpace, with my own funding. The company was listed among the most successful companies and I went on to start Intelius and Moon Express. Now, I focus my time on using the skills of an entrepreneur to solve many of the grand challenges facing us in the areas of education, healthcare, clean water and energy.

I tell people: walk around for one month and write down three problems in your life every day. At first it's easy - you got stuck in traffic, you missed your alarm - but by the end of the month you're looking really hard to get your 90 problems. The most common things on your list are now billion-dollar businesses.

Your job isn’t to make money. It’s to find a problem that needs solving.

Good problem-seekers are in higher demand than good problem-solvers.

Entrepreneurship is not only a mindset but a skillset.

Build something that fixes something people are having a problem with, and you're lined up for great things.

We have done some of these in Bangladesh. Whenever I see a problem, I immediately go and create a company. That's what I did all my life.

In a startup, both the problem and solution are unknown.

For us the great men are not those who solved the problems, but those whodiscovered them.

Management and entrepreneurship are only two different dimensions of the same task. An entrepreneur who does not learn how to manage will not last long. A management that does not learn to innovate will not last long.

How do we attack important problems? Pose the right question.

You can never solve a problem on the same level as the problem.

If you are able to state a problem - any problem - and if it is important enough, then the problem can be solved.

You can't solve a problem until you address the problem.

Problems are just businesses waiting for the right entrepreneur to unlock the value.

All life is problem solving

Building a business is not rocket science, it's about having a great idea and seeing it through with integrity.

How can I go out there and create value?

All you can do is every day, try to solve a problem and make your company better

If you are creative enough to imagine a problem, you're clever enough to discover a solution.

With thought, all problems can be resolved.