Seems like a strange name for a company.
2007-02-01 21:48:25 · 9 answers · asked by zarnticolz 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
It was when he was in college, he was thinking up a name for a project importing and exporting records, when a young group of girls walk past. One of Branson's mates laughed and said "virgins", and it stuck. Virgin was born!
***Why the thumbs down?? try picking up a copy of it and you will see it's true!
2007-02-01 21:55:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was cos he started out the company with a group of friends who were all new at starting their own business ("on Virgin territory" as he put it). That's why it's called Virgin.
2007-02-02 06:00:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because like a woman for the first time, if you know what I mean, it was a NEW COMPANY thus a Virgin.
2007-02-02 05:52:36 · answer #3 · answered by Ex Head 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not strange. It is a virgin name- not used by anyone else as a name.
2007-02-02 05:58:29 · answer #4 · answered by KB M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why is it strange? you're probably a 12 year old and think the virgin is funny.
2007-02-02 05:52:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really, why is it so strange?
Yahoo is strange, so is Google.
Virgin has different meanings, all kind of similar
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/virgin
2007-02-02 05:51:48 · answer #6 · answered by hard as nails 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
new, fresh, no one had had it before (you get the play on words he was making?)
2007-02-02 05:54:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it was new!
2007-02-02 07:41:23 · answer #8 · answered by Loader2000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because 'Slapper' was taken
2007-02-02 05:59:07 · answer #9 · answered by Tiger01204 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋