Richard's Blog - 2009

My thoughts and collected comments from The Elders' trip to Middle East

Jeff Skoll and I went for a walk to the Old City of Jerusalem through the Damascus Gate. There we had coffee in a Palestinian café. Over a discussion with the Palestinian owner they expressed their scepticism on the future. "Israel will never allow the Palestinians to have their own state. As a result they will ultimately destroy themselves". Hopefully for both the Palestinians and the Israelis and for all our sakes they will prove to be wrong. Jeff is Jewish and lost many relatives in t…

Watch the latest PitchTV show with Gary Vaynerchuk

This month's PitchTV show is now airing onboard Virgin Atlantic planes, exposing the latest batch of video pitches from budding entreprenuers to the hundreds of business professionals who regularly fly with Virgin Atlantic. Hopefully among the people watching in the air or online here will be someone who might be willing to help take one of these business ideas forward.   September's PitchTV show features guest entreprenuer Gary Vaynerchuk who kindly answers some of the questio…

Ryan Carson is PitchTV's next guest entepreneur

I'm delighted that Ryan Carson has agreed to be our next guest entrepreneur on PitchTV. Ryan is the founder of Carsonified.com which aims to bring the web community together through workshops and events. You can ask Ryan anything about business and entrepreneurship and he'll answer the best questions as part of November's PitchTV show. Ask Ryan Carson Anything watch episode 3 of PitchTV watch episode 2 of PitchTV watch episode 1 of PitchTV submit your business pitch to PitchTV …

The Elders visit the Middle East

Yesterday Jeff Skoll and I arrived in Jerusalem with The Elders to support them in their efforts to help create a climate for peace in the region. We are to meet those on both sides who are working at the grass roots for peace.The Elders will encourage the broader population to believe that peace is possible and recognise the important opportunity that now exists for peace. They will highlight the plight of the Gazans and insist on an end to Gaza’s isolation on humanitarian…

Ask Richard #9

Debbie Evran asked me: 'What would be your dream adventure?' and Fran Blake asked: 'So once you've been to outer space, where to next?' Well, my answers to both of these questions are in this video... You can ask me anything via the Ask Richard section here on virgin.com: Ask Richard Here are some earlier questions and answers: Ask Richard #1 Ask Richard #2 Ask Richard #3 Ask Richard #4 Ask Richard #5 Ask Richard #6 Ask Richard #7 Ask Richard #8 …

Get in the driving seat and be my guest at the Singapore Grand Prix

This is one for all you Aussies... We’ve just launched Virgin Car Insurance in Australia and we’re celebrating with a new campaign to find Australia’s best driver to spend a day with me when I’m next visiting Sydney. I’ll also be flying you and a friend to the Singapore F1 Grand Prix to join me in the pits. For you chance to win this opportunity apply at Virgin Money Australia...…

Ask Richard #8

Marisa asked me: 'Who is your mentor?'  Watch this video to find out my answer. You can ask me anything via the Ask Richard section here on virgin.com: Ask Richard Here are some earlier questions and answers: Ask Richard #1 Ask Richard #2 Ask Richard #3 Ask Richard #4 Ask Richard #5 Ask Richard #6 Ask Richard #7 …

Ask Richard #7

Simon Johnson asked me: 'Were some of your early ideas funded by creative methods?' And here's the answer in this video... You can ask me anything via the Ask Richard section here on virgin.com: Ask Richard Here are some earlier questions and answers: Ask Richard #1 Ask Richard #2 Ask Richard #3 Ask Richard #4 Ask Richard #5 Ask Richard #6 …

Dinosaur BA shouldn't be given a free meal ticket to merge

This Friday (14th August) will mark the first anniversary since BA and American Airlines asked regulators to bless their plans for an effective merger of the two troubled carriers. It is a year since they announced that they wanted to create the world’s biggest airline and do what is normally not allowed – namely, fix prices and schedules and share crucial marketing and operational data. These carriers already command dominant market shares on many routes between Heathrow and the US.…

Ask Richard #6

Adamfitzy asked me: 'How do you manage your time. Surely you get stressed?' Watch this video to find out my answer! You can ask me anything via the Ask Richard section here on virgin.com: Ask Richard Here are some earlier questions and answers: Ask Richard #1 Ask Richard #2 Ask Richard #3 Ask Richard #4 Ask Richard #5  …

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