I was a bad boss. 😞 It’s true. ✖️I lost great team members. ✖️I didn’t realize everyone isn’t driven by the same things. ✖️I made a ton of mistakes. In my defense, I was 23 and had never been responsible for a team before. I was an entrepreneur - not a manager. My heart was in the right place but I didn’t know HOW to be a good boss. Contrary to what most people believe, good leadership ISN’T innate. It is LEARNED. Thankfully, I learned. ✔️I mended relationships with my team members. ✔️ I started to understand - and honor - that not everyone wants the same things. ✔️I started to listen. ✔️I showed my appreciation rather than assumed it was a given. ✔️I put the WE before ME. To every leader out there - it is YOUR job to make sure you are learning, growing, and being an inspiration to your team. You work for them, not the other way around. If you have issues, your team has issues. It is YOUR job to become a better leader every single day. You owe your team that because everyday they show up to fulfill YOUR vision. It’s the least you can do. …see more

I don't give a crap about your avocado toast, but young people have to stop making one big money mistake...pretending that debt is free!

My friends and partners over at Surprise Ride are asking YOU to take the #screenfree pledge this week. Step away from the screen during #nopowerhour from 1-2pm this Thursday! https://lnkd.in/dK4v-Cy

“Out of roughly 30,000 pitches reviewed for each season, only about 150 make it to the "Shark Tank" set for June and September tapings, and just 88 of those make it on TV.” Great feature on everything that goes into an episode of Shark Tank!

Welcome to the #VirginFamily Lauri-Ann Ainsworth - Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship - Caribbean 's new CEO. Read more here: https://virg.in/5Tj

Great to sit down with Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, and chat about the direction the internet has taken: https://virg.in/ibG

We often hear about the carbon footprint of our diets, but not about the water scarcity footprint. Given the food system accounts for around 70% of global freshwater use, this is a really interesting study: https://lnkd.in/dxWufke #ReadByRichard …see more

Exciting to see the return Virgin Media 's V Festival this year for one weekend only. You can watch the whole festival live on ITV2 on 21-23 August. Details here: https://virg.in/NE7

The greenest team on the grid! Envision Virgin Racing has become the first motorsports team to sign the @UNFCCC Sports for Climate Action Framework. https://virg.in/Evr

How to create purpose-filled companies and use business as a force for good: https://virg.in/5Mt #SiriusXM

‪Huge congratulations —to Liverpool, to Mohamed Salah, to his talented teammates and to the fans— for winning the premier league for the first time in thirty years. And they did it in style...with a huge point lead over their nearest opponent and with a record seven games left in the season‬. Liverpool FC #liverpool …see more

Think #fintech is just another #buzzword? Think again. Three 'a-ha'​ moments recently have demonstrated to me that the impact of #finance and #technology will be revolutionary. Click to read about why I believe it will be transformative and democratizing, and how it will offer solutions to critical problems. …see more

Proud to see the #VirginFamily making people’s time at home that little bit brighter - whether you’re homeschooling, exercising, studying, relaxing or seeking an escape for a few hours https://virg.in/cX5

I was at dinner recently with friends when they asked who I would invite to my dream dinner party… I had a think and here’s what I came up with: https://virg.in/iCV

This made me chuckle. But it will be interesting to see how #History books describe 2020. #WeekendMusings

Our world is facing its most serious challenge in a century, and it’s time we all #answerthecall . The Call to Unite is a 24-hour event to uplift & connect our global community. I’m proud to be a part of this. Join me today at 2:15 ET on @thecalltounite's FB, YouTube, IG, Twitch, & at w​ww.unite.us . See you there! #TogetherisBetter …see more

When it comes to ending the death penalty, when we speak up together, loud enough for the world to hear, we can transform and even save lives https://virg.in/iYS

Can we stop calling companies tech companies now? If you make great pizza and have a website, you are a pizza company not a tech company. If you make amazing shoes helped by 3D printers, you are still not a tech company. If you make all your money from selling advertising you are a media company, regardless of the technology you use. You are probably not a "tech company that happens to sell coffee". Companies now operate in what's best called "the modern world". Using digital stuff is like using electricity, it's just required for 2017. So unless you make money from making technology, please accept "being a tech company" is silly. It's great rhetoric, but it's now empty and nothing to boast about. …see more

Very moved watching #JustMercy , which tells the true story of the brilliant human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson and his effort to free Walter MacMillan who was wrongfully sentenced to die in 1988: https://virg.in/5pQ

Book club starts this week! Find a friend, read Part 1 of Start with Why together, submit your questions to bookclub@simonsinek.com and tune in to YouTube.com/simonsinek at 3pm ET this Friday to discuss your questions live. See you there! #BookClubwithSimon #StartWithWhy #TogetherisBetter …see more