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Business Quotes by Jack Ma

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Changing your mindset can change the result, the quote says. It warns to keep the customer first and to forget about competitors, and it describes how big chances often hide behind e‑commerce. It also reminds us that clear explanations sometimes miss the best opportunities.

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The opportunities that everyone cannot see are the real opportunities.

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Forget about yourncompetitors, just focus on your customers.

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Always let your employees come to work with a smile.

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For ecommerce, the most important thing is trust.

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A peace talk is always difficult, always complicated.

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Never ever do business with the government. Be in love with them, never marry them.

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A leader should be a visionary and have more foresight than an employee.

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A leader should have higher endurance and ability to accept and embrace failure.

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Our philosophy is, using internet technology, we can make every company become Amazon.

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Success and profitability are outcomes of focusing on customers and employees, not objectives.

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If you're doing business, not that simple to only buy. You have to create something. You have to create something that never…

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In carrying out e-commerce, the most important thing is to keep doing what you are doing right now with passion, to keep…

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Helping doing business easier, we choose the name Alibaba because it is a global company. It is founded in China, but it…

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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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If you have a different mindset, you will have a different outcome: if you make different choices from your peers, your life…

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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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If we go to work at 8 am and go home at 5 pm, this is not a high-tech company and Alibaba…

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The big businesses are less willing to take risks. I talked to some young people in Hong Kong, and they said they…

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I even don't dare to watch our stock price, because this is what other people think who you are. I dare not…

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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…

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Our focused customers are small business and young people. We did a great job in China. How can we help those young…

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As a company, we have to be very transparent. We are in a business very related to finance, and I want this…

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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.…

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I'm humble 'cause I think many years ago people say, 'Well, Alibaba's terrible company'. And I know we were not that terrible.…

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

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What kind of business world are we living in?

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

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As a business person, I want the world to share the prosperity together.

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I think U.S. and Chinese businesses need a common language and dialogue.

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I absolutely don't have $20 billion. But I'd love to, right?

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I think Yahoo is a great company, with great assets.

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I am going to enjoy some other things apart from business.

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Adopt and change before any major trends or changes.

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Alibaba is an ecosystem that helps small business to grow.

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Find the right people, not the best people.

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A startup for entrepreneurs is like a baby, and I have five babies so far - experienced father.

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Every government says they love small businesses, but what have they done for them? We should pull down all the barriers.

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A real businessman or entrepreneur has no enemies. Once he understand this, the sky's the limit.

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30% of all people will never believe you. Do not allow your colleagues and employees to work for you. Instead, let them…

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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…

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If you have a different mindset, you will have a different outcome: if you make different choices from your peers, your life will then…

The world will not remember what you say, but it will certainly not forget what you have done.

Only fools use their mouth to speak. A smart man uses his brain, and a wise man uses his heart.

Never ever do business with the government. Be in love with them, never marry them.

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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…

China's government is so strong on investment, so strong on exporting, but they're too weak on domestic consumption.

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.

I know nothing about technology.

Today is cruel. Tomorrow is crueller. And the day after tomorrow is beautiful.

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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…

Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.

A great opportunity is often hard to be explained clearly; things that can be explained clearly are often not the best opportunities.

The customer is number one, the employee is number two and the shareholder is number three. If the customer is happy, the business is…