Jack Ma Quotes - Page 3

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• EBay may be a shark in the ocean, but I'm a crocodile in the Yangtze River. If we fight in the ocean, we lose, but if we fight in the river, we win.

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  Ocean, Fighting, Winning

  "Standing Up to Ebay" by Justin Doebele, www.forbes.com. April 18, 2005.

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• Don't even trust that you are able to unify what everyone is thinking; it is impossible

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  Leadership, Business, Thinking

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• Opportunity lies in the place where the complaints are.

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  Lying, Opportunity, Complaints

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• I wanted to have a global company, so I chose a global name. Alibaba is easy to spell, and people everywhere associate that with "Open, Sesame," the command that Ali Baba used to open doors to hidden treasures in One Thousand and One Nights.

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  Night, Names, Doors

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• Always let your employees come to work with a smile.

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  Leadership, Business, Employee

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• The quality of a good leader therefore is his vision, tenacity, and his capability.

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  Entrepreneur, Leader, Vision

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• If we go to work at 8 a.m. and go home at 5 p.m., this is not a high-tech company and Alibaba will never be successful. If we have that kind of 8-5 spirit, then we should just go and do something else.

  Jack Ma

  Memorable, Home, Successful

  "In 1999, Alibaba's CEO Told Employees 2 Things They Needed To Do To Be Successful: Beat Americans And Work Longer Hours" by Alyson Shontell, www.businessinsider.com. September 22, 2014.

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• Global vision, local win.

  Jack Ma

  Winning, Vision, Locals

  Reflects On 12-Year Journey at China 2.0 Conference, singjupost.com. September 18, 2014.

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• Even if your competitor is still small in size or weak, you should take him seriously and treat him as a giant. Likewise, even if your competitor is massive in size, you shouldn't regard yourself as a weakling.

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  Leadership, Business, Giants

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• Today, making money is very simple. But making sustainable money while being responsible to the society and improving the world is very difficult.

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  Simple, World, Today

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• A leader should never compare his technical skills with his employee's.

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  Leadership, Business, Skills

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• Rather than having small smart tricks to get by, focus on holding on and persevering.

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  Leadership, Business, Smart

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• My dream was to set up my own e-commerce company. In 1999, I gathered 18 people in my apartment and spoke to them for two hours about my vision. Everyone put their money on the table, and that got us $60,000 to start Alibaba. I wanted to have a global company, so I chose a global name.

  Jack Ma

  Dream, Names, Two

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• Adopt and change before any major trends or changes.

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  Leadership, Business, Trends

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• When we have money, we start making mistakes.

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  Mistake, Making Mistakes

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• I don't want people in China to have deep pockets but shallow minds.

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  People, Mind, Want

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• When you have one million dollars, you're a lucky person. When you have 10 million dollars, you've got trouble, a lot of headaches.

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  Lucky, Dollars, Trouble

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• Customers first, employees second, and shareholders third.

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  Firsts, Employee, Thirds

  "11 Things Billionaires Can Teach You About Small Business" by Helen Callier, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 26, 2017.

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• If Alibaba cannot become a Microsoft or Walmart, I will regret it for the rest of my life.

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  Regret, Walmart, Microsoft

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• I'm not a tech guy. I'm looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people's eyes.

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  Eye, Technology, People

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• Customers should be number 1, Employees number 2, and then only your Shareholders come at number 3.

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  Leadership, Business, Numbers

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• If we are a good team and know what we want to do, one of us can defeat tons of them.

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  Inspirational, Team, Memorable

  "In 1999, Alibaba's CEO Told Employees 2 Things They Needed To Do To Be Successful: Beat Americans And Work Longer Hours" by Alyson Shontell, www.businessinsider.com. September 22, 2014.

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• All MBA have said are correct, but they can't execute it.

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  Mba, Said

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• Alibaba is an ecosystem that helps small business to grow.

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  Ecosystems, Helping, Small Business

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• A leader should have higher grit and tenacity, and be able to endure what the employees can't.

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  Should Have, Entrepreneur, Leader

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