By Jack Ma
Without the aesthetic, the computer is but a mindless speed machine, producing effects without substance, form without relevant content, or content without meaningful form.
Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing.
The wealth of information now available at the click of a finger amazes me.
Buy cheap and sell dear.
Investment is most intelligent when it is most businesslike.
A stock is not just a ticker symbol or an electronic blip; it is an ownership interest in an actual business, with an underlying value that does not depend on its share price.
Obvious prospects for physical growth in a business do not translate into obvious profits for investors.
Astute observers of corporate balance sheets are often the first to see business deterioration.
Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe.
Figuring out what the next big trend is tells us what we should focus on.
Think outside the box.
Never ever do business with the government. Be in love with them, never marry them.
We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good… when trade stops, war comes.
As a business person, I want the world to share the prosperity together.
Opportunity lies in the place where the complaints are.
I try to make myself happy because I know that if I’m not happy, my colleagues are not happy and my shareholders are not happy and my customers are not happy.
I don’t care about revenues.
A trade war would be a disaster for the world. It’s very easy to slip into a trade war.
When you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength.
A leader should have higher grit and tenacity, and be able to endure what the employees can’t.
