Chapter 33. the beauty of virginity

"I believe there is almost no limit to what a brand can do, but only if used properly," says Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin empire. In the past two decades, Richard Branson has provided a bearded template for gen e. His entrepreneurial brilliance lies in retaining the perspective of an outsider while playing a mainstream game.

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Branson's greatest achievement, to date, is to create what is arguably the world's first universal brand. Other famous names have become synonymous with the product they adorn: Hoover vacuum cleaners, Coca-Cola and Levi Strauss to name just a few. But Virgin is alone among western brands in its ability to transcend products. Never before has a single ...

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