Jack Ma
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Jack Ma
Ma Yun, known professionally as Jack Ma, is a Chinese business magnate and philanthropist. He is the founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group, a family of successful Internet-based businesses. He is the first mainland Chinese entrepreneur to appear on the cover of Forbes...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth10 September 1964
CityHangzhou, China
CountryChina
leadership business should-have
A leader should have higher endurance and ability to accept and embrace failure.
leadership business size
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.
leadership business real
If you do not know where your competitor is, or overconfident and snobbish about your competitor, or are unable to comprehend how yourcompetitor became a real threat, you will surely fall behind him. Don't be the "they" in this idiom: First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
qualified craziest
Don't hire the most qualified, hire the craziest
leadership business people
Find the right people, not the best people.
technology knows
I know nothing about technology.
leadership business believe
30% of all people will never believe you. Do not allow your colleagues and employees to work for you. Instead, let them work for a common goal.
know-how knows
You never know how much can you do in your life.
leadership business smart
Rather than having small smart tricks to get by, focus on holding on and persevering.
positive giving-up attitude
If you don't give up, you still have a chance
firsts employee shareholders
Customers first, employees second, and shareholders third,
leadership business visionaries
A leader should be a visionary and have more foresight than an employee.
leadership business real
The opportunities that everyone cannot see are the real opportunities.
internet alibaba has-beens
Without internet, there would have been no Jack Ma, and no Alibaba or Taobao.