Importantly, Jack Ma made a number a sacrifices and risks to pave way for the success of Alibaba. To begin with, Ma offered to help tourists move around his area at no costs in order for him to learn the English language. Over the years, this sacrifice has bored good fruits in his life since he easily interacts with leaders from many different parts of the globe, of whom a significant number speak English. Similarly, he took a risk and quit a government job and instead opted to pursue his dream of building his own business. Note that unlike most people who believe that government jobs provide security as far as their careers an financial lives is concerned, Ma found a government job to be an impediment to achieving the success he envision due to bureaucracy. Therefore, he thought that for him to achieve success especially as far as the internet technology was concerned, his only option was to come out of his comfort zone and pursue his dreams. Note that this also meant that he had to take a risk in introduce an idea that most Chinese were either unaware of, or were afraid of. Whereas there were fears on how the internet could transform businesses among the business community, Ma saw the internet as a great opportunity to transform commerce in China and as such, he took a risk and invested in it despite the risks that his business could receive negative attention from the Chinese community. Importantly, his ability to take risks was instrumental in helping him tap into the rich pool of investment funds from different investors across the globe, key among them, Yahoo. In this case, Ma saw the interest of businesses such as Yahoo in China’s ecommerce as an opportunity to raise funds for his business, thus increasing its chances to succeed.
重要的是，马云做出了许多牺牲和风险，为阿里巴巴的成功铺平了道路。首先，为了让马云学习英语，他主动提出免费帮助游客在他所在的地区四处走动。多年来，这种牺牲在他的生活中取得了丰硕的成果，因为他很容易与来自世界各地的领导人交流，其中相当一部分人会说英语。同样，他冒着风险辞去了政府工作，转而追求自己创业的梦想。请注意，与大多数认为政府工作为他们的职业生涯和经济生活提供保障的人不同，马英九发现，由于官僚主义，政府工作阻碍了他所设想的成功。因此，他认为，要想取得成功，尤其是在互联网技术方面，他的选择就是走出自己的舒适区，追求自己的梦想。请注意，这也意味着他必须冒险引入一个大多数中国人不知道或害怕的想法。尽管有人担心互联网会如何改变商界的商业模式，但马云认为互联网是改变中国商业模式的机会，因此，他冒着风险进行了投资，尽管他的企业可能会受到中国社会的负面关注。重要的是，他承担风险的能力有助于他利用来自全球不同投资者的丰富投资基金池，其中最关键的是雅虎。在这种情况下，马云将雅虎等企业对中国电子商务的兴趣视为为为其业务筹集资金的机会，从而增加了其成功的机会。