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.

Your employee should have superior technical skills than you. If he doesn't, it means you have hired the wrong person.

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

My job is to help more people have jobs.

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 was studying to be a high school English teacher. In my university, I was elected student chairman and later became chairman of the city's Students Federation.

Never ever compete on prices, instead compete on services and innovation.

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