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

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.

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

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.

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

A good job isn't something you go out and find, it's something you discover while you're working.

Adopt and change before any major trends or changes.