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#32 Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built

Aug 9, 2018

01:48:08

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Episode notes

Knowledge Acquisition through Reading

01:17

Embrace Learning Over Hatred to Rise Above Rivals

00:43

Jeff Bezos' Vertical Integration Strategy

01:18

Ollie Pay - The Story of the Tobeyo Machine

02:20

Introduction

2min

The 1001 Mistakes of Alibaba

3min

Tobao - Alibaba, T-Maw, and Alibaba

3min

Amazon Prime Members Can Get Free Grocery Delivery Within Two Hours

3min

Alibaba's Logistics Edge

2min

Alibaba Invests in the Uche, Keneo and JD.com

3min

The Final Edge in the Iron Triangle Is Finance

2min

The Personality of Jack Ma

3min

Jack Ma's Mantra for Small Business

3min

10.

Jack Ma's Book Review

2min

11.

Jack and the Hang Zao Hotel

2min

12.

A Random Meeting Changes the Pathway of Jack's Life

3min

13.

The High Test - Jack's Story

2min

14.

Jack Morley's Relationship With Ken Morley

2min

15.

To Get Rich Is Glorious

3min

16.

Entrepreneurship Is Not an Art, It's a Practice

2min

17.

The Chinese Word for Gethu

3min

18.

Entrepreneurs From Ziang Ziang

4min

19.

Jack's Second Business - China Pages

2min

20.

The History of China Pages

2min

21.

Jack Loses Control of China Pages

3min

22.

Jack's Invention Quote That the Internet Would Change Everything

2min

23.

How Jack Becomes a Portal Founder

2min

24.

Jack's Biggest Rival

3min

25.

Mba

3min

26.

The Most Successful Investment Ever Was the One Investment They Make in Alibaba

2min

27.

Masayoshi Son's Life Story

3min

28.

The Last Man Standing

3min

29.

Tobeyo - The Last Man Standing, Be the Last Man to Fall Down

2min

30.

How to Manage a Business in a Distant Market

2min

31.

To Bayo - A Website Built by Chinese for Chinese Consumers

3min

32.

eBay and China - Why Not?

3min

33.

The Power of People Controlling the Capital

2min

34.

Jack Yang's 'Jack Magic'

2min

35.

Jack Knows People More Than Any Business

2min

36.

The Financial Crisis Gives You the Opportunity

3min

37.

Microsoft and the Chinese Government and Jerry Yang's Fire

3min

38.

Ollie Pay - The Story of the Tobeyo Machine

2min

39.

What Happened to Ollie Baba?

2min

40.

The Chinese Mobile Payment Crisis

3min

41.

Jack and Maoshi Son Get Into It

2min

42.

Alibaba's Relationship With Yahoo Was Stronger Than With SoftBank

2min

43.

The Secrets of a Successful Business

3min

What I learned from reading Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built by Duncan Clark.

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Crazy Jack (0:01)

The internet is filling the void created by state planning (6:59)

Jack has made a career out of being underestimated: “I am a very simple guy. I am not smart. I might have a smart face but I’ve got very stupid brains.” (20:35)

Jack’s early life / Discipline and Curiosity (24:43)

Jack Magic: “ Nobody saw the opportunity in this business. We didn’t make much money at first, but Jack persevered…I respect him tremendously for he has a a great ability to motivate people and he can invest things that seem hopeless with exciting possibility. He can make those around him get excited about life.” (40:00)

Jack’s first time on the Internet (47:06)

Another lucky break: Meeting Yahoo Founder Jerry Yang (55:45)

Making money from shrimp (57:02)

The worst deal he ever made (1:00:43)

Masayoshi Son: Founder of Softbank (1:04:45)

Be the last man standing (1:10:16)

Ebay vs Alibaba: A case study in what not to do (1:13:32)

Yahoo’s billion-dollar bet (1:23:00)

Jack’s unique reaction to the financial crisis (1:27:00)

Alipay’s ownership changes / One of the craziest stories I’ve read (1:33:12)

If I had another life, I would keep my company private (1:46:10)

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