32 Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2018-08-09
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“The design of the site makes it the virtual descendant of the Yiwu wholesale market, where Jack and many other entrepreneurs drew…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: product.
Focus
“And a few pages later, we find another decision, or a decision by eBay to centralize EachNet's website winds up being disastrous.”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: focus.
People
“We, we had altogether seven, eight people in the Taobao team.”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: people.
Persistence
“If I had a hard time, my opponents had an even harder time.”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: persistence.
Capital
“SoftBank at the time is, uh, Y- Yahoo's largest, uh, shareholder and, um, is also the largest shareholder of, uh, of Alibaba…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: capital.
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