In Alibaba's World, author Porter Erisman, one of Alibaba's first Western employees and its head of international marketing from 2000 to 2008, shows how Jack Ma, a Chinese schoolteacher who twice failed his college entrance exams, rose from obscurity to found Alibaba and lead it from struggling startup to the world's most dominant e-commerce player. He shares stories of weathering the dotcom crash, facing down eBay and Google, negotiating with the unpredictable Chinese government, and enduring the misguided advice of foreign experts, all to build the behemoth that's poised to sweep the ecommerce world today. And he analyzes Alibaba's role as a harbinger of the new global business landscape—with its focus on the East rather than the West, emerging markets over developed ones, and the nimble entrepreneur over the industry titan. As we face this near future, the story of Alibaba—and its inevitable descendants—is both essential and instructive.

Jack Ma,the founder of Alibaba,how a schoolteacher rose from obscurity to build the world’s largest e-commerce company can serve as a great case study for students, entrepreneurs, and anyone else setting out on a journey of their own.

"Today is tough. Tomorrow is tougher. The day after tomorrow is beautiful. But most people die tomorrow night and don’t get the chance to see the sun rise the day after tomorrow." This quote characterises a former English school teacher turned entrepreneur - Jack Ma's simple yet powerful philosophy - Optimism.

今天很残酷，明天更残酷，后天很美好，但大部分人都死在明天晚上，看不到后天的太阳。 

What do I think about while running

《当我谈跑步时我谈些什么》

这本书是日本后现代主义作家村上春树创作的散文集，首次出版于2009年。是村上春树第一本只写自己的书，讲的是一个人怎么样通过跑步去悟道的感觉，不只是悟出一个小说家的真实，锻炼出一个小说家的身体、精神和意志，还锻炼出一个人之所以为人的境界。

在回顾人生之时，村上春树并不讳言那些失败、迷惘和挣扎，保持了一种清澈的理性。名义上是在谈跑步，却无时不在思考人生及其意义。非常值得读！

——多读书吧，腹有诗书气自华，这是成本最低的投资了！