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MatSav wrote:
wrote in message ... MatSav wrote: "The Bearded One", also known as Richard Branson (owner and CEO of Virgin Group) began his business dealings in the music industry. 'Twas he who helped to make made Mike Oldfield (of Tubular Bells fame) a success - and vice-versa! I guess the company goes back pretty far in the UK, then. That was 1974. I don't think I heard of it until the early 90s, when I started seeing the Virgin music stores. Then it was the airlines. At first you could only fly Virgin if you were going to Europe, but I think they fly domestically in the US now. (But don't quote me on that.) A friend of mine gave me her old Virgin phone, and one of these days, I'll get around to signing up for one of the pay-as-you-go plans. Ob cats - he sails a cat[amaran], and is quoted as sating "Don't lead sheep - herd cats" as a business philosophy - so I suspect he likes cats :-) Apparently he thinks pretty well of himself, too. I mean most people could lead sheep, but it takes strategy and cleverness to herd cats. His philosophy is something like 'cats are independent creatures - they know where they're going. The staff of my companies shopuld be the same. I won't bully them into doing what I want, but I will guide their direction.' Is he well-liked, then? Among those who follow such things, that is? -- Joyce Cats' hearing apparatus is built to allow the human voice to easily go in one ear and out the other. -- Stephen Baker |
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MatSav wrote: "The Bearded One", also known as Richard Branson (owner and CEO of Virgin Group) began his business dealings in the music industry. 'Twas he who helped to make made Mike Oldfield (of Tubular Bells fame) a success - and vice-versa! I guess the company goes back pretty far in the UK, then. That was 1974. I don't think I heard of it until the early 90s, when I started seeing the Virgin music stores. Then it was the airlines. At first you could only fly Virgin if you were going to Europe, but I think they fly domestically in the US now. (But don't quote me on that.) A friend of mine gave me her old Virgin phone, and one of these days, I'll get around to signing up for one of the pay-as-you-go plans. Ob cats - he sails a cat[amaran], and is quoted as sating "Don't lead sheep - herd cats" as a business philosophy - so I suspect he likes cats :-) Apparently he thinks pretty well of himself, too. I mean most people could lead sheep, but it takes strategy and cleverness to herd cats. Well, most CEOs have big egos, maybe because a big ego is a necessary ingredient to getting there? Now I have Tubular Bells going through my head. As earworms go, that's not a bad one, even if it does remind me of The Exorcist. it will be interesting to see how well Virgin Galactic performs as a company, based in New Mexico, they will be giving anyone with enough money, the chance to experience space flight. -- Adrian |
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