Branson said he started Student Magazine because he felt the traditional curriculum wasn’t teaching him anything relevant.
“There are a lot of things I love to learn about, but not the things that the maths teachers are teaching me or the French teachers are teaching me,” Branson said. “Because of it, I ended up starting a magazine, which gave young people a voice out of the frustration.”
In a 2019 blog post, Branson wrote that dyslexia is often associated with high levels of creativity and problem-solving abilities.
“These are also skills that are going to be urgently needed in the new world of work,” he added. “Problem-solving, creativity and imagination will be in high demand with the rise of AI and automation.”
Of course, it takes more than that to build a business empire after dropping out of school at age 15. At a base level, you need to identify goods or services people want and find a way to monetize them.
“I learned at a young age the importance of … bringing out the best in people,” Branson said. “What I did realize was that I needed to surround myself with people who were better at things which I was not good at, because of my dyslexia.”
