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.

No matter what one does, regardless of failure or success, the experience is a form of success in itself.

Once in your life, try something. Work hard at something. Try to change. Nothing bad can happen.

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.

You've to make consumers smart. An e-commerce portal doesn't sell a product at cheaper rates, instead an offline shop sells it at a costlier prices.

Today, making money is very simple. But making sustainable money while being responsible to the society and improving the world is very difficult.

I am very interested in bringing companies from everywhere to sell their products in China.