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"Startups fail when they hire consultants before customers."——Jack Ma
“Startups fail when they hire consultants before customers.”——Jack Ma(2014 Stanford Startup Garage Lecture [University Archive])
“Startups fail when they hire consultants before customers.”——Jack Ma(2014 Stanford Startup Garage Lecture [University Archive])
“Sustainability reports are useless unless they’re shorter than 10 pages.” ——Jack Ma(2020 Green Business Conference [Reuters Coverage])
“Green energy will be cheaper than coal—not because of policy, but because of profit.” ——Jack Ma(2021 Climate Ambition Summit [UNFCCC Statement])
“KPI stands for ‘Killing People’s Imagination.'” ——Jack Ma(2016 Zhejiang Entrepreneurs Forum [Zhejiang Daily English Edition])
“Promote people who make you uncomfortable—they’re the innovators.” ——Jack Ma(2015 Alibaba Leadership Retreat [Internal Memo via The Information])
“A diploma is a receipt, not a ticket to success.” ——Jack Ma(2019 Yunhe School Commencement Speech [Hangzhou Education Bureau])
“Schools must teach students to collaborate with AI, not compete against it.” ——Jack Ma(2020 Global Education Summit [UNESCO Archive])
“Trade barriers are speed bumps, not roadblocks, for determined entrepreneurs.” ——Jack Ma(2017 APEC CEO Summit [APEC Official Recap])
“Globalization 4.0 isn’t about cargo ships—it’s about data packets.” ——Jack Ma(2019 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting [WEF Report, p.34])
“If you want to predict the future, create it with code.”——Jack Ma(2018 Hangzhou Cloud Computing Summit [Alibaba Cloud Press Release])