Richard Branson

I began to realize that the only place that sold music was these horrible sort of news agents. I had no idea how to start a record company. I went to seven record companies. They all said no.

I began to realize that the only place that sold music was these horrible sort of news agents. I had no idea how to start a record company. I went to seven record companies. They all said no.

If I wasn't dyslexic, I wouldn't have created what I've created.

If I wasn't dyslexic, I wouldn't have created what I've created.

After that horrible moment where you really feel bad, I think the important thing to remember in those moments when you're down is that, by and large, most things, you know, pale into insignificance when you wake up and see the sun coming up.

After that horrible moment where you really feel bad, I think the important thing to remember in those moments when you're down is that, by and large, most things, you know, pale into insignificance when you wake up and see the sun coming up.

Well, British kids, quite a few of us, were sent away to school when we were seven and a half. It's a very antiquated British system, I suspect, left over from the colonial days when parents were overseas and they sent their kids to boarding school. I remember the first night throwing up in my bed away from home for the first time and

Well, British kids, quite a few of us, were sent away to school when we were seven and a half. It's a very antiquated British system, I suspect, left over from the colonial days when parents were overseas and they sent their kids to boarding school. I remember the first night throwing up in my bed away from home for the first time and

the matron coming in and instead of helping me clean it up, made me redo my bed and clean it all up. And that was the sort of taste of what was to come in an English boarding school in those days. But somehow survived. I was dyslexic, which certainly didn't help. So conventional schooling, I was not good at and conventional learning.

the matron coming in and instead of helping me clean it up, made me redo my bed and clean it all up. And that was the sort of taste of what was to come in an English boarding school in those days. But somehow survived. I was dyslexic, which certainly didn't help. So conventional schooling, I was not good at and conventional learning.

But I had a massive curiosity for what was going on in the world and for life generally. And in the end, I started a magazine for young people. And the headmaster said, you can either run the magazine and leave school or you can not run the magazine and stay at school. And it made it very easy for me. So age 15, I quit school and went out into the real world.

But I had a massive curiosity for what was going on in the world and for life generally. And in the end, I started a magazine for young people. And the headmaster said, you can either run the magazine and leave school or you can not run the magazine and stay at school. And it made it very easy for me. So age 15, I quit school and went out into the real world.

Dealing with the second part of the question first, I walked my father around the garden three or four times. First time I told him I was leaving school. The second time around the garden, he gave me all the reasons why I shouldn't leave school. Third time around the garden, I argued my case fairly forcibly. And the fourth time around the garden, he said, look, you know what you want to do at 15.

Dealing with the second part of the question first, I walked my father around the garden three or four times. First time I told him I was leaving school. The second time around the garden, he gave me all the reasons why I shouldn't leave school. Third time around the garden, I argued my case fairly forcibly. And the fourth time around the garden, he said, look, you know what you want to do at 15.

I didn't know what I wanted to do at 22. Good on you for giving it a go. And if it doesn't succeed, if the magazine doesn't succeed, then I'll do my best to get you an education again. And I gave him a big hug and a kiss and ran off weeping for joy. I was out of school. How can a dyslexic run a I think that being dyslexic, I had to find great people to surround myself with.

I didn't know what I wanted to do at 22. Good on you for giving it a go. And if it doesn't succeed, if the magazine doesn't succeed, then I'll do my best to get you an education again. And I gave him a big hug and a kiss and ran off weeping for joy. I was out of school. How can a dyslexic run a I think that being dyslexic, I had to find great people to surround myself with.

I had to inspire them on the idea. And the idea of the magazine was to reform a very antiquated education system, but also to campaign against the Vietnamese War and the Biafran War. And kids supported that idea. And you know, were willing to come and work with us for a mission. And we got some wonderful people, Max Handley, Jonathan Holland-Gemmes, wonderful people around me.

I had to inspire them on the idea. And the idea of the magazine was to reform a very antiquated education system, but also to campaign against the Vietnamese War and the Biafran War. And kids supported that idea. And you know, were willing to come and work with us for a mission. And we got some wonderful people, Max Handley, Jonathan Holland-Gemmes, wonderful people around me.

So I could do the interviews. I could go off and interview James Baldwin and Jean-Paul Sartre and Vanessa Redgrave and get the interviews done. And they could then turn those interviews into eloquent prose for the magazine. And it somehow worked really well.

So I could do the interviews. I could go off and interview James Baldwin and Jean-Paul Sartre and Vanessa Redgrave and get the interviews done. And they could then turn those interviews into eloquent prose for the magazine. And it somehow worked really well.