Friday, July 24, 2020

Jack ma Story


who wants to bring his country out of the circle of poverty His name is Ma Yun, he was born in 1964 in the city of Hangzhou, where at that time Life in China was still difficult China is still closed for the West Knowledge of the outside world is limited, and poverty is everywhere Ma grew up from a modest family He has one older brother and one younger sister His parents work as traditional musicians and storytellers Ma's family life is very difficult.  They have to work hard every day to stay alive Since childhood, Ma was very interested in learning English Every day, he always takes time to go to hotels in his city to provide free tour guides for tourists, while learning English His relationship with tourists open his insight into the world He came to know many things about western culture Their technological sophistication, their education system and everything that made him aware That at that time, China was far behind the western countries Uniquely, a tourist once gave Ma a new nickname by the name Jack From there, people often called him.


At school, Jack Ma is not a student who is smart enough He even 2 times failed the elementary school exam, 3 times failed the middle school exam, and 2 times failed the university entrance exam, Before finally accepted to study at the Hangzhou Teachers Institute with an English Major Jack Ma also applied a lot of work, but he always got rejected He once applied for a job as a hotel employee but was rejected, because they said his appearance was not attractive He also had a Police entrance test but failed, because they said his physique did not support He once applied for a job at KFC But, from 24 people who applied for that job 23 people were accepted and he was the only person whose application was rejected Fortunately, he managed to get a job as an English teacher at a local university Although the salary is very low, which is around $11 per month His students claimed to be happy with the way Jack Ma teaches, he was so friendly and very understanding how to make students understand what is taught In 1995, Jack Ma visited America as a translator of a trade delegation At those times, a friend introduced him to the internet His friend said "Everything is on the internet, you can search for any information that you want" However, when Jack Ma search for a bottle of beer on the internet, He did not find any beer that originated from China And also, when he tried to search 'China' on the internet, he didn't find any information about his country Jack saw this as a great opportunity He thought if he could use the internet to connect Chinese traders with consumers around the world Then he can build a big business while advancing his country's economy Begins from his ambition, Jack Ma gathered his friends in an apartment In there he talking about his plan to establish an e-commerce company with one goal, 'Helping small businesses to develop' His friends felt interested in Jack Ma's idea and were willing to help him Then, they use that apartment as their first office with a company called 'Alibaba' Without mastering technology or computer science properly, they are determined to establish Alibaba Imagine, from 18 founders of Alibaba, only three people who know a bit about computers Alibaba began with a door to door sales system.  They went to each house and introduced an e-commerce system where every buyer and trader can transact via the internet Alibaba is slowly beginning to have customers They began looking for investors, but more than 30 investors refused At that time, they thought that the internet was just a nonsense Until one day, the biggest investment came when Jack Ma met with Softbank founder, Masayoshi At that time, Masayoshi held a meeting with many internet entrepreneurs
who was able to present a detail business plan But Jack Ma is different He came without presentation and only relied on his story of Alibaba's vision and mission to advance China economy Unexpectedly, Masayoshi was interested in Jack Ma's story He invested 20 million dollars into Alibaba Then they use the funds to expand Starting from increased promotion through brochures, banners, advertisements in newspapers, and making roadshows which was originally only attended by 100 people, then increased to 1000 people, increased to 10.000, increased to 100.000 and continues to grow until Alibaba became known to the Chinese people Alibaba's journey was not always smooth In 2000, there was a phenomenon called 'Internet Bubble' which made many internet companies destroyed Alibaba was forced to lay off many of its employees At that time, many business observers predicted that Alibaba would not last long They also regard Alibaba as a bad business model Because the rumors said that in the first three years Alibaba hasn't made any profit Alibaba, who had been optimistic, slowly began to bow Jack Ma also feel doubts, whether the company was able to survive However, what happens in the company was very unexpected Jack Ma and his friends received many e-mails from customers that contained the 'Thank-you Note' The customers were said, "We cannot afford to pay for Alibaba's services, but Alibaba continues to help our business. If you keep doing good things like this, we can only pray Hopefully someday,
Alibaba will succeed."
This is what makes Alibaba continue to survive and be confident That by helping small businesses, helping young people, and helping many people Alibaba will have a future
For Jack Ma, Alibaba was a '1001 Mistakes'
But, he always believes That no matter how many times we fail, how many times have we fallen, the most important thing is we have experience. Because in truth, experience is the main asset towards true success In 2014, Alibaba had developed into a Chinese e-commerce giant They also have several subsidiaries Starting from Alipay, Ali Express, Taobao and Tmall In the same year, Alibaba set a world record as a company with the largest IPO income in history Because of that, Jack Ma's wealth soared until he became the number 1 richest person in China Starting from a small apartment in Hangzhou City, Alibaba's dream of advancing the Chinese economy came true Alibaba now has more than 600 million customers They also opened tens of thousands of job openings, and has helped millions of small businesses to develop
For Jack Ma, wealth is not the main goal
His goal was simple, help people around him to be better For him, success will be achieved if we always think about others need
Jack Ma once said The difference between successful people like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Mark Zuckerberg and most people is because they are always optimistic about the future, they never complain and they always try to solve other people's problems And when we have dreams, no matter we come from the poor families, or we are not smart enough at school As long as we believe we can achieve it Chase that dream Don't be afraid to fail and never give up
Because without failure,
without any mistake,
and without rejection,
there will never be something called 'Alibaba'.

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