A leader should have higher endurance and ability to accept and embrace failure. — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
Rather than having small smart tricks to get by, focus on holding on and persevering. — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
Never ever do business with the government. Be in love with them, never marry them. — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
Customers should be number 1, Employees number 2, and then only your Shareholders come at number 3. — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
Helping doing business easier, we choose the name Alibaba because it is a global company. It is founded in China, but it… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
In carrying out e-commerce, the most important thing is to keep doing what you are doing right now with passion, to keep… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
If you're doing business, not that simple to only buy. You have to create something. You have to create something that never… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
Our philosophy is, using internet technology, we can make every company become Amazon. — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
Success and profitability are outcomes of focusing on customers and employees, not objectives. — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
If you want to grow, find a good opportunity. Today, if you want to be a great company, think about what social… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
I respect Apple. It's a great company that changed the world, especially the mobile time. — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
As a company, we have to be very transparent. We are in a business very related to finance, and I want this… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
Our focused customers are small business and young people. We did a great job in China. How can we help those young… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
Even if your competitor is still small in size or weak, you should take him seriously and treat him as a giant.… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
When we started the e-commerce, nobody believed that China would have e-commerce because people believed in 'guang-shi,' face-to-face, and all kinds of… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
The big businesses are less willing to take risks. I talked to some young people in Hong Kong, and they said they… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
I even don't dare to watch our stock price, because this is what other people think who you are. I dare not… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
If we go to work at 8 am and go home at 5 pm, this is not a high-tech company and Alibaba… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
The customer is number one, the employee is number two and the shareholder is number three. If the customer is happy, the… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
A great opportunity is often hard to be explained clearly; things that can be explained clearly are often not the best opportunities. — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
I like to play cards. I'm not very good, because I don't want to calculate, I just play by instinct. But I've… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
EBay is a great company. There are a lot of good assets and good customers, and the U.S. people love it. — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
Chinese people, young people, they don't go shopping a lot in department stores. All department store guys hate me. They say business… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
My vision is to build an e-commerce ecosystem that allows consumers and businesses to do all aspects of business online. — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
If you have a different mindset, you will have a different outcome: if you make different choices from your peers, your life will then… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
The world will not remember what you say, but it will certainly not forget what you have done. — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
Only fools use their mouth to speak. A smart man uses his brain, and a wise man uses his heart. — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
Never ever do business with the government. Be in love with them, never marry them. — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
It's impossible for China to keep 10 to 15% growth annually. The economy needed to slow down, and we have to learn to slow down. — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers University. I… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
China's government is so strong on investment, so strong on exporting, but they're too weak on domestic consumption. — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
If the 'Post' can play the role of a connector between the West and the East, I have confidence in the paper's future success. — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
Today is cruel. Tomorrow is crueller. And the day after tomorrow is beautiful. — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
30% of all people will never believe you. Do not allow your colleagues and employees to work for you. Instead, let them work for… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
If you want to invest in us, we believe customer number one, employee number two, shareholder number three. If they don't want to buy… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
