"Never ever do business with the government. Be in love with them, never marry them."
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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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"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."
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"It doesn't matter if I failed. At least I passed the concept on to others. Even if I don't succeed, someone will succeed."
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"If you've never tried, how will you ever know if there's any chance?"
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"No matter what one does, regardless of failure or success, the experience is a form of success in itself."
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"Your employee should have superior technical skills than you. If he doesn't, it means you have hired the wrong person."
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"The quality of a good leader therefore is his vision, tenacity, and his capability."
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"Always let your employees come to work with a smile."
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"Giving up is the greatest failure."
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"The world will not remember what you say, but it will certainly not forget what you have done."
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"You never know how much can you do in your life."
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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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"Global vision, local win."
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"If you don't give up, you still have a chance."
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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."
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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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"My job is making money, helping other people make money. I am spending money, trying to make sure more people get rich, because you cannot spend a lot of money, right? So my job is spending money, helping others. This is a headache."
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"Opportunities are where the complaints are."
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"We will make it because we are young and we will never, never give up."
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