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"Business schools teach case studies—I study graveyards of failed companies."——Jack Ma
“Business schools teach case studies—I study graveyards of failed companies.” ——Jack Ma(2015 Davos Debate [WEF Video Archive])
“Business schools teach case studies—I study graveyards of failed companies.” ——Jack Ma(2015 Davos Debate [WEF Video Archive])
“If you hate 996 work culture, you don’t deserve success.” ——Jack Ma(2019 Controversial Weibo Post [Archived Screenshot])
“Retirement is not an end—it’s changing playgrounds.” ——Jack Ma(2021 CNBC Interview [Video @3:17])
“I measure wealth by how many people’s lives I’ve improved, not by bank digits.” ——Jack Ma(2020 Philanthropy Roundtable [Jack Ma Foundation])
“A company’s value isn’t in its stock price—it’s in its employees’ family dinners.” ——Jack Ma(2017 Employee Town Hall [Alibaba Newsroom])
“If your HR department is the most powerful, your company is already dying.” ——Jack Ma(2018 Alibaba Group Internal Meeting [SCMP Leaked Transcript])
“Your first office should smell of instant noodles, not mahogany desks.” ——Jack Ma(2013 Young Entrepreneurs Association Keynote [Event Recording])
“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])