richard branson i personally -- richard branson: i firstly think it is a mistake.ple working from home if they have got kids, they can -- they can get the job done at home and they can be around their kids. emily: the kleiner perkins trial captured highlighted this issue of gender discrimination. the jury found on behalf of kleiner perkins. what did you see in the trial? sheryl sandberg: so many women across technology and business saw their own experiences. you saw that. i wrote a whole book about this. but what is happening is we have systematic stereotypes of women. in systematic biases of women that, for men, likability and success is correlated. as they get more successful, they are at her like. for women, success and likability and women is negatively correlated. emily: a lot of the things that ellen pao alleged, they were small. she was asked to take notes at a meeting. she was not invited to a dinner. an all-male dinner. oh of these are incremental things that do not seem like a big deal but taken together maybe they are. how'd you present those all things?

branson: i am dyslexic. i think i have been very good at keeping things simple because as a dyslexic i things -- i need things simple for myself. as for emergent, when we launched a financial service company or bank, we do not use jargon. i think people have an affinity to the version brand because we don't talk above or down to them. what was the other thing? cory: with that, i also wonder when you talk about new ideas do you think you user dyslexia in some way or you have a different approach. branson: i think the other thing i was thinking about was simply delegation. if you have a learning disability you become a good delegator because you know what your weaknesses and strengths are. you find great people to deal with your weaknesses. and whether you are dyslexic or not delegation is such an important thing. too many leaders cling on everything themselves. they never let go. they never grow. cory: another theme has been the discussion of what happens while people are in school and college. what will thei

branson: i am dyslexic. therefore, i think i have been very good at keeping things simple, because, as a dyslexic i need things to be simple for myself. therefore, virgin, when we launch a financial service company or a bank, we do not use jargon. everything is very clear cut simple. i think people have an affinity to the virgin brand because we don't talk about them or talk down to them -- don't talk above them or talk down to them. what was the other thing? cory: with that, i also wonder when you talk about new ideas, do you think you do that in a different way where you use your dyslexia in some way, you have a different approach, including vetting new ideas? branson: i think the other thing i was thinking about was simply delegation. if you have a learning disability, you become a good delegator because you know what your weaknesses and strengths are. you make sure that you find great people to step in and deal with your weaknesses. and, actually, whether you are dyslexic or not, delegation is such an im

operations are now moving to branson, missouri. >> reporter: two weeks ago, richard branson announced he was exploring opportunities in branson, after learning a relative founded the city. tuesday morning, branson took back to social media, posting a link to this 2 1/2 minute video that listed multiple upcoming investments in the city. >> virgin america are leading the way, announcing a new flight service to branson, missouri. >> reporter: the man, estimated to be worth $5 billion, said that virgin hotels and virgin, limited, would be purchasing property for development. >> we're incredibly excited about virgin's move to branson. >> reporter: the mayor was also in the video. sources told the plans were all part of an april fool's joke. >> i think that a good april fool's spoof is good for everybody. >> just stretching it out a little bit. i think he stretched it a little too far >> richard branson isn't the only one getting in on the fun. google australia posted a photo of a scientist claiming the equator is slipping at a rate of 25 kilometers per hour. >> what's strange here is how f

emily: my exclusive interview with sheryl sandberg and richard branson. catch the full interview in our special tonight, "balancing act," a conversation on work family and life and whether we can really have it all, tonight 8:30 eastern. you can stream it as well. we'll be right back. ♪ emily: work, family, life, we perform a balancing act every day. how do we face that? i sit down with sheryl sandberg author of "lean in," a bobbing that sparked worldwide debate, and virgin founder richard branson. we talk about how men and women can take on these challenges together. thank you both for being here. i truly believe this conversation is so important and critical to the future of not just women, but men, women, and children, and creating a better future. i'm glad to be part of it. sheryl: we are too. ri

i talked to branson last night. we had a long talk.t comes with the challenges of educating entrepreneurs as well as the future of virgin galactic. >> it is possible that school is not necessary. i left school at 15. i learned the art of entrepreneurism by getting out there and doing it. i educated myself in the real world. and i have seen my life as one long education that i never had. that is for entrepreneurs. other professions, schooling can be quite useful and universities can be quite useful. but for most entrepreneurs, the sooner they get out of there and get their hands dirty, the better. cory: do you think there is something about this education and technology being applied -- i wonder about the role that the individual has. what is it about entrepreneurs -- [indiscernible] that makes them struggle in school? >> i think an entrepreneur is somebody that wants to change things. it does not want to be put in a box. schools are there to educate the masses. and entrepreneurs rebel against that. if you have a good idea that you feel

i caught up with branson last night in arizona.e had a long talk and talked about the challenges of educating entrepreneurs as well as the future of virgin galactic. richard: it is possible school is not necessary. i left school at 15 and i learned the art of entrepreneurialism by getting out there and doing it. i also educated myself in the real world. i have seen my life as one lung education that i never had -- long education that i never had. but that is for entrepreneurs. for a lot of other professions, it can be quite useful. universities can be quite useful. but for most entrepreneurs, the sooner they get out there and get their hands dirty, the better. cory: we see a lot of innovation around integration -- education technology being applied. i wonder about the role the individual has in that. a lot of entrepreneurs were not really good students. what is it about that? >> i think an entrepreneur is someone who wants to change things, create things does not want to be put in a box. schools are there to educate the masses, i t

because the company's founder's name, branson. >> why not branson? netflix using today to get the word out about a very important issue, binge-watching. if you stream more than two consecutive episodes of a show, a video featuring actors from shows like "orange is the new black" and house of cards pops up to warn you against the perils of binge watching. >> i think the new season of "mad men" comes out tomorrow, too. >>> samsung introducing a new smart phone protector which protects your phone in long falls. little panda. >> i don't think the panda is included, unfortunately. perhaps the most interactive of them all, google's, which will let you play pacman in your neck of the woods. just go to google maps to try it out. >> you do anything yet, or is it too early in the day? >> it's too early. for a friday -- >> sneaky guy. >> i was just watching that. if i've got to watch out for blue ghosts and pacman on the road, i've got my work cut out for me. this is all we have to worry about right now. big rig camaro. does that remind anybody of an old punk s

for the city of branson.ssouri if you have been there you know what i am talking about. >> tell us. >> i have turn it over to mike for the weather. >>> okay looking at what is going on in a typical april in san francisco we warm up a degree on the high side at 64 to 6 a and two degrees on low side 41 to 51. 1.5" of wet weather and we have had 5.5" and freezes to the south show low-to-mid 70s through the central valley to los angeles and san diego and 51 in lake tahoe. >> no joking we have a sig-alert in san jose northbound highway 101 at oakland road where five vehicles and a big rig got into it an accident and we have three lanes blocked two lanes are open. traffic is squeezing by the accident apporaching the nimitz. it is backed up from before tully road and we have heavy, heavy delays and take 87 instead and that is a boater way to get an this if you neat to make it up to 101 and the sig-alert, has metering lights turned on at the maybe babe and there is a crash before you get to the metering lights, block

richard branson's effort is different.s as an opportunity for a tourist effort or something of a thrill ride like none other. he 's had people sign up and put money down years in advance. they will ride in the ship and get as much as five times zero gravity. part of that effort, some of those astronauts future astronauts are coming together to determine the work -- to do charitable work. taking these tests zero gravity flights. two notions initially of the business process -- one being launching satellites for government or for business. the other is the tourist idea -- taking people into space for a thrill ride and the enjoyment of that moment of looking down on the earth. matt: let me finally say i think it is great that richard branson is doing that. i would love to go to space. cory, you have experienced zero gravity. i think paul allen is looking at the numbers here. jeff bezos and elon musk seeing that missions the space have soared. you mentioned the need for satellites for the nsa. we have a lot of exploration that

did you talk to branson about that at all? >> he is way into space!know. >> thank you corey. great friday bite. this is friday by the way. we forgot to mention that. thank you all for watching this edition of bloomberg west. don't miss my special with sheryl sandberg and richard branson later tonight! ♪ .. announcer: from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. charlie: we begin this program with a story from the white house, in which the president announced an american drone strike had killed two hostages. an american and an italian in january. the story from the news with scott kelly. scott: it wasn't until april that the cia realized it had killed two hostages. american aid worker warren weinstein

cory: i wonder, when we look at what they are doing -- it is funny you mention richard branson.ked to him last week. he dipped into his pocket and pulled up a folded piece of newspaper about some advance he read about happening at stanford around the use of batteries and the duration which they can be used. for google in particular, a way they have already done things with existing lithium-ion batteries to try to combat some of the weaknesses, such as project blue, their effort to spread the internet using hot air balloons -- but at temperature, the lithium-ion does not work well. do you expect advances from google to be focused on new technologies in the same way gm is trying to be a powerhouse? or do we expect them to tweak existing technology the way tesla has? steve: what we are seeing at google and at the other majors that are all working on this is tweaking engineering existing technology. they are not getting away from lithium-ion. they are using their engineering genius, their ingenuity they have shown again and again to make that better. the team at google, one thing th

tomorrow night, our sitdown with sheryl sandberg and richard branson.loomberg west" after this. ♪ cory: this is "bloomberg west" where we focus on the future of business. i'm cory johnson. u.s. drone strikes killing an american and italian held hostage by al qaeda. president obama says he takes full responsibility. president obama: i directed the existence of this operation be disclosed publicly. i did so because the families deserve to know the truth. and i did so because even if certain aspects of our national security efforts have to remain secret in order to succeed, the united states is a democracy committed to openness in good times and in bad. cory: two americans linked to the terrorist group were also killed. senate leaders are preparing legislation that would extend the government authority to collect telephone data. it would continue the surveillance authority through the end of 2020, otherwise, set to expire june 1. meanwhile, the house has passed a second cyber security built -- bill urging companies to share information with the government.

cory: it is funny you mention richard branson because when i talked to him last week, he dipped intot and pulled out of the piece of newspaper about of advancement at stanford around the use of batteries and the duration for which they can be used. with existing lithium batteries to combat week for such a thing at project limbs. the effort to spread the internet using hot air balloons. temperatures of lithium ion does well with. do you expect these to be focused on new technology in the same way gm is trying to do or expect them to do tweak existing technology in the way that tesla has? >> what we are seeing at google and at the other makers that are all working on this is tweaking engineering existing technology. they are not getting away from the fan ion. they are using their engineering genius, the ingenuity they have shown again and again to make that better. again the team at google, one thing he has has proven especially adept at his taking a standard battery and cutting it up into pieces different shapes, different sizes, and stacking them of so they can fit inside custom made

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. >> you also have served richard branson what is his connection? >> again just a letter from a friend who had invested in the company and i was blessed. this is like the message in the bottle and hopefully they respond. >> people in general have been impressed of the odyssey nobody has done that from your generation then report back to west with what you have seen there is so much to be learned on behalf of the book people and texas is in general thank you for coming down i hope you'll get "coined." >> doug has been a great friend and a mentor as we remember the people who shape history and also those of help us to remember history i know you write about the national parks. >> thank you so much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> to you or rolls out how long? >> s3 or four weeks period. >> with the double day company and it was designed with distribution that is what it has been doing all these years. to increase the customer base with a large customer base that we service every year. >> how many books you guess you have published every year?

colin cox and ryan branson are only 7 years old but provin you can be best friends at any age.their tonight from our friend, mike b our nbc station ksdk in st. louis. >> reporter: old friends don't have t be old. >> they truly love each other >> reporter: colin c and ryan branson hav known each other for two year that's a long time when you're only 7. are you guys on a mission? >> yep. >> reporter: what's the missio >> we need to save t day from evil bad guys. >> how many are up here all together? >> reporter: they me here at to christian school in st. louis. though the reason th became friends sound more like the reason you're hired for a job. >> i like his experience. >> reporter: but col came home from schoo one day with some ba news. >> he said, well, mommy i'm kind of sa my friend at school. his name is ryan. his house burned dow a couple d i'm really sad for him. >> reporter: it happened late one night in late february. ryan's family had ju fallen asleep. a seven-alarm fire tore through their apartment complex displacing dozens of families. stuffed animals, i lost my toy

they had fun announcing they're moving to branson, missouri. why branson?e is branson. >> netflix using today to get the word on on an portment issue, binge watching. if you stream more than two consecutive issues of a show actors will pop up to warn you against the perils of binge watching. >> and samsung introducing their smartphone protector which protect your phone in a long fall. it attaches to you when you go jogging jogging. >> perhaps the most interactive of them all is google's april fools joke which will let you play pacman in your neck of the woods. >> that's no joke that's just re-createing the '80s again. >> in your neighborhood. >> coming up next at 11:00, it is a new form of i.d. theft that can cost you much more than your money. >> unpaid medical treatments hospital visits emergency care that i knew were not mine. >> medical identity theft affecting more than 2 million people last year. next we're going to show you how to protect your health records. we'll be right back. >>> the next hot spot for hackers, stealing your medical identity. >> y

she spoke with richard branson from with richard branson from virgin and emily chang about their companiescing work and family. >> one the reasons i'm honored to be here with richard, he will say this is government company. we do not have diversity at facebook. we do not have enough diversity in any company. the reason we wanted, because we think we will build a better product and company. we can motivate companies and organizations to really take diversity seriously. when they realize that not taking it seriously, it is harming performance. emily: this capture the fascination of the company -- highlighting the issue of gender discrimination in silicon valley. what did you see in that row? >> so many women, not just in technology but across the industry, saw their own experience. you saw women saying i would a whole book about the experience. what is happening we have systematic stereotypes of women. and systematic biases of women. for men, likability and success are correlated. for women, they are negatively correlated. as they get more powerful, she is less like. i asked men all over, ha

cory: that was sheryl sandberg and richard branson and emily chang. be right back ♪ cory: i'm cory johnson, this is the "best of bloomberg west." two years ago tesla upon success was not there. things were so bad, the ceo elon musk even had a secret deal in place to sell tesla to google through his friend larry page. as he struggled to keep the company, we now know elon musk told investors a very different story. this fascinating story is part of a new book, it is due out in may, it is written by ashlee vance. >> great reviews, motor trend of the -- car of the year. we had early adopters who came in about the car. word-of-mouth was not great. it had glitches, the windshield wipers, things like that. people are getting a hard time. customers were in line and they bought a spot in line. cory: i want to go through that timeline. the timeline tells the story. first thing that happened was there was a sale middle of the year, november it one motor trend car of the year. the sales were not happening. it was a fully refundable deposit. the complaints happene

. >> and you have also sir richard branson of the virgin group. what's his connection? how did he get his hands on this manuscript? >> >> again, just a letter. and it is, basically, just i had a friend who he'd invested in the company, and i sent a letter, and he forwarded it along, and it was a really really -- again these things are not, they're not lock-ups right? it's almost like a message in a bottle and hopefully they respond. [laughter] >> i think people in general have been impressed by the journey you took the odyssey you took. nobody's really done that in your generation, to travel around the world and kind of report back to us all on what you've seen, and it's so much to be learned in this book. on behalf of book people and austin and texas in general, thanks for coming down here kabir. >> thank you. >> it was wonderful chatting with you, and i hope you all get "coined." >> i also want to say doug has been a great friend and a mentor, and it's important that we remember the people who shape history, but it's also important to remember the people that help us

emily chang sat down exclusively with sheryl sandberg along with richard branson. sexism. >> the trial capture the fascination of the country. highlighting this issue of gender discrimination in silicon valley. the jury found in favor of kleiner perkins. what did you see in that trial? >> what was so interesting about the trial, so many women, not just in technology but across industries, saw their own experiences. you saw women posting. >> did you see yourself? >> sure i wrote a whole book about expenses. we have systematic stereotypes of women. and systematic biases of women that, for men, like -- like ability and success is correlated. for women, success and likability are negatively correlated. she is less liked. >> a lot of things that ellen pao let -- powell alleged were small things like taking notes. she wasn't invited to an all-male dinner. a lot of these things are incremental small things that don't seem like a big deal, but taken together maybe they are. how do you prevent those kinds -- >> one interesting thing that came out of the dinner we had is how

and richard branson. we talked about how women and men can take on the challenges together.ou for being here. i truly leave that this conversation is important and critical to the future of not just women, but men, women, and children in creating a better future. i'm glad to be a part of it. sheryl:

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. >> rep colin cox and ryan branson have known each other for two years.ime when you're only 7. are you guys on a mission? >> yep. >> reporte whas e missio >> we need to save the day from evil bad guys. >> howy are up here all together? >> reporter: they met here at tower grove christian school in st. louis. thou the reason they became friends sounds more like the reason you're hired for a job. >> i like his experience. te but colin came home from school one day with some bad news. >> he said well mommy i'm kind of sad, my friend at school. his name is ryan. his house burned down a couple days ago and i'm really sad for it happened late one night in late february. ryan's family had just fallen asleep. a seven-alarm fire tore through their apartment complex displaceing dozens of family. i lost my toys my stuffed animals, i lost my toy box, i lost my bed. >> repor in fact his family lost virtually everything. but they found an angel in colin. who asked his mom if he could make a video to put on facebook. >> i always take his picture and he always says don't

the equal employment opportunity commission said brandi branson was wrongfully fired after transitioning from male to female. activists say the ruling could help establish new legal protections for transgender americans. >> sreenivasan: for more about the summit of the americas and the changing u.s.-cuban relationship, we are joined now by carla robbins. she is an adjunct senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. so, why was this meeting so important? >> it's been a very very long time since there's been any contact, certainly this level, i think. we're talking about batista and eisenhower. it's a very very long time. >> sreenivasan: cuba started-- i should say the president of cuba started his eight-minute speech and told everybody i'm going to go longer because-- >> it's the castro way. actually, 50 is short for them 50 minutes. >> sreenivasan: when he spoke, he railed against sort of historical u.s. foreign policy but said i'm not holding the president of the united states, barack obama responsible for this almost apologized to him. >> he did apologize to him. i'm not sure he

and i kind of just wanted -- and i read another book about richard branson.ut the truth is i just wanted to be an entrepreneur. emily: you became quite a celebrity on the atlanta hip-hop scene. ludacris and ceelo were going to your parties. you threw a party for britney spears. scooter: yeah, i was good. i was a good party promoter. [laughter] it got to a point where i was not just throwing their parties. they were all coming to mine. emily: so when did you get your first big break? scooter: it might have been jermaine dupri saying you're more than nightclubs and giving me an opportunity to work at so so def, because that opened up a whole world to me. but it could have been steve rifkind, who was the founder of loud records and src. he was the first person to give me a record deal for asher roth when no one would. emily: in the early days, how were you looking for talent? scooter: well, funny thing was, in the early days, everyone thinks that every act i have ever signed has just blown up because we have gone on a crazy run. but i signed a couple acts in atl

emily: richard branson has a private island. steve ballmer is buying a sports team.off gives a lot away. what do you do? with all the money you have made? reid: so, most of it is still in linkedin stock. because i am building the world through linkedin. i serve on a number of different nonprofit boards, like kiva and endeavor and do something. i try to finance projects that i think are interesting. emily: are we ever going to see you start something else? another company? reid: probably not. you know, with series a and seed founders, i work pretty closely with them, but there is a long way to go with linkedin still. so i would say that it's unlikely. although, you will see me partnering with a bunch of great young entrepreneurs, and trying to help figure out how to build something big. emily: reid hoffman, thank you so much for joining us. it's has been a pleasure to have you on the show. reid: thank you. ♪ ♪ emily: it has been called the harvard of silicon valley. y combinator is perhaps the most prestigious start-up incubator in the world. it has funded more than 7

sheryl sandberg, author of "lean in," a book that sparked worldwide debate, and virgin founder richard bransonw men and women can take on these challenges together. thank you both for being here. i truly believe this conversation is so important and critical to the future of not just women, but men, women, and children, and creating a better future. i'm glad to be part of it. sheryl: we are too. richard: yeah.

matt: 700 customers have already paid for each ride into space on a branson rocket plane.yd blankfein may soon pay off -- the bank is paying a 7% increase. blank find cap the focus on trading that, commodities and currencies even though the revenue from the sectors fell in the last five years. carson blocks research firm taking a short position in noble group. already critical of the commodity trading companies finances. shares still fell the most in the month fish in a month. luxury vehicles are tearing up the road. why the uber rich are not content with six-figure cars anymore as prices had passed the million-dollar mark. ♪ matt: welcome back to "in the loop." we are 45 minutes away from the start of trading. scarlet fu is taking a look at the early action this morning. scarlet: we start with zynga. the ceo leading the company after nine months -- the stock is plunging right now by about 10% in the early going here. the founder and chairman will be returning as ceo. he has lots of other money at stake here. he owns 122,000 class a shares. he also owns 36 million class b

on the night of the 12th and o 13th of may union colonel or nel -- general branson was up against southern colonel -- i can't ic remember his name. anyway, the latter gentlemen had que six cannons. that brings to bear my question that was a french goern region and forces involved in the battle.derales that's what the french foreign ed. legion had under the federales that were in mexico that were involved. the french is intervening while re inv the french were sdrablthed with confe the civil war.gettin i don't think any troops were involved in the battle. i think that the confederates were getting supplies across the border immediately before but i am not an expert on how it is. >> that may have been to smith. i didn't know if it was going. thank you very much.genera >> thank you. >> ron wilson. as part of general grant's provisions in his tirms that general lee accepted, was it a duplicate role that all the soldiers be kept. 15 of the roles were later printed in volume 15 of the southern historical society parchs.dunkerly were there any roles kept in greensboro or other surrenders. it did

she's -- facebook's sheryl sandberg and virgins richard branson sat down to talk about their companies work-life balance. they also spoke about diversity in the corporate world. emily: one of the reasons i'm honored to be here is richard will say, this is good for my company. we don't have enough diversity at facebook. we don't have enough adversity in any company. we think diversity will build a better product and a more successful company. i think what will really motivate businesses and organizations to take diversity seriously is when they realize that not taking diversity seriously is hurting their performance. emily: the perkins trial captured the fascination of the country highlighting this issue of gender discrimination in silicon valley. the jury found in favor of kleiner perkins. what did you see in that trial? sheryl: so many women across industries saw their own experiences. you saw women posting. i wrote a whole book about it. what is happening is, we have systematics are meager types of women. and systematic biases of women. for men likability and success is correlated. f

yesterday, richard branson was at the chicago bulls game against the atlanta hawks.rt of the entertainment when he knocked over -- a 64-year-old billionaire -- he knocked over two giant fake bowling pins. emily: oh richard. just two? cory: his first nba game ever he is in chicago opening a new hotel. you and i were talking about unicorns. there are a few people, he has created seven. he also sold 80% of his interest in virgin active. a cool $1 billion. emily: he's game for anything. cory: i had a blast with him in phoenix last week. a fascinating guy. a tech entrepreneur pushing all kinds of batteries and thinking about how his businesses change lives. a really interesting guy. emily: thank you for watching this edition of "bloomberg west." all the headlines on bloomberg.com and bloomberg radio. see you later. ♪ mark: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i am mark crumpton. this is "bottom line" the intersection of business and economics with a main street perspective. to our viewers in the united states and to those of you joining us around the world, welc