
Alibaba
The House That Jack Ma Built
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Narrated by:
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Jim Meskimen
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By:
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Duncan Clark
About this listen
An engrossing insider's account of how a teacher built one of the world's most valuable companies - rivaling Walmart and Amazon - and forever reshaped the global economy.
In just a decade and a half, Jack Ma, a man from modest beginnings who started out as an English teacher, founded Alibaba and built it into one of the world's largest companies, an e-commerce empire on which hundreds of millions of Chinese consumers depend. Alibaba's $25 billion IPO in 2014 was the largest global IPO ever. A Rockefeller of his age who is courted by CEOs and presidents around the world, Jack is an icon for China's booming private sector and the gatekeeper to hundreds of millions of middle-class consumers.
Duncan Clark first met Jack in 1999 in the small apartment where Jack founded Alibaba. Granted unprecedented access to a wealth of new material including exclusive interviews, Clark draws on his own experience as an early advisor to Alibaba and two decades in China chronicling the Internet's impact on the country to create an authoritative, compelling narrative account of Alibaba's rise.
How did Jack overcome his humble origins and early failures to achieve massive success with Alibaba? How did he outsmart rival entrepreneurs from China and Silicon Valley? Can Alibaba maintain its 80 percent market share? As it forges ahead into finance and entertainment, are there limits to Alibaba's ambitions? How does the Chinese government view its rise? Will Alibaba expand further overseas, including in the US?
Clark tells Alibaba's tale in the context of China's momentous economic and social changes, illuminating an unlikely corporate titan as never before.
©2016 Duncan Clark (P)2016 HarperCollins PublishersInspiring & worth reading
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Elon Musk's book felt like it went into so much more.
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What made the experience of listening to Alibaba the most enjoyable?
This is well written and the narration is excellent. Clear and concise.What other book might you compare Alibaba to, and why?
Elon Musk. They are similar in some ways, coming from a tough background and working their way up out of sheer determination.Which scene did you most enjoy?
Learning about Jack's earlier home life and what drove him to learn English and get into business.Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
An informative book for anyone thinking of starting up their own entrepreneurial venture. It gives great insight into the industry of the internet and sales.Any additional comments?
This is a must-read for anyone in business.Thoroughly enjoyable
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A little dry for my liking.
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Jack Ma's story is woven between the realities of doing business in China and the US. More so this narrative tells of the rise of the internet in a country that tries to control as much as it can. It is a wonder that Jack and his peers have survived and thrived in that country, a testament to the agile and manouverability of entrepreneurs when they need to find their space.
Great performance and story
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Very detailed account of Alibaba
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Good story. One problem!
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interesting
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Full of really interesting info, however I found it a little laborious to listen to.
A very interesting story of a man who has built something huge
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Good story but cringeworthy Chinese pronunciation
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