At the age of 19, Richard Branson started a mail-order record business.
The fledgling business magnate didn’t bother asking his family, friends or mentors for advice on how to carry out a business plan. He thought he knew it all.
He was wrong – and he reflects on what it taught him in a piece he penned for Entrepreneur.
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