“to be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running”— Richard Branson Related Quotes “There’s no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can’t do any business from there.”– Colonel Sanders “Our combination of great research universities, a pro-risk business culture, deep pools of innovation-seeking equity capital and reliable business and contract law is unprecedented and unparalleled in the world.”– Marc Andreessen “And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business.”– Shaquille O’Neal