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My Dream Was To Set Up My Own E-commerce Company. In 1999, I Gathered 18 People In My Apartment And Spoke To Them For Two Hours About My Vision. Everyone Put Their Money On The Table, And That Got Us $60,000 To Start Alibaba. I Wanted To Have A Global Company, So I Chose A Global Name.

Customers Should Be Number 1, Employees Number 2, And Then Only Your Shareholders Come At Number 3.

Life Is So Short, So Beautiful. Don't Be So Serious About Work. Enjoy The Lives.

A Lot Of People Complain About Yesterday. We Have No Power To Change Yesterday. But This Very Day, 30 Years Later, Is What We Can Control And Decide. Change Yourself, Take Baby Steps, And Stay Determined For Ten Years. I Thank The Times Of Change And Everyone’s Complaints. Because When Everyone Is Complaining, That Is Your Chance, An Opportunity. It’s Only In Times Of Change That Someone Can Be Clear Of What He Has And Wants, And What He Needs To Give Up.

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.