A leader should have higher grit and tenacity, and be able to endure what the employees can't.

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Jack Ma
Born in Hangzhou in 1964, Jack Ma failed the gaokao twice, taught English, then co-founded Alibaba in 1999. He built China's e-commerce infrastructure, created Alipay, and took Alibaba to a record NYSE IPO.
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Jack Ma's Other Quotes
Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.
Customers first, employees second, shareholders third.
If you don't give up, you still have a chance. Giving up is the greatest failure.
I'm not a tech guy. I'm looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people's eyes.
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