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.

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.

If Alibaba cannot become a Microsoft or Walmart, I will regret it for the rest of my life.

I don't want people in China to have deep pockets but shallow minds.

If you don't give up, you still have a chance. And when you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength.

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

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