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

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.

The very important thing you should have is patience.

If you've never tried, how will you ever know if there's any chance?

Yahoo today is not a portal. Yahoo today is a search engine.

The most unreliable thing in this world is human relationships.

Forget about yourncompetitors, just focus on your customers.