founder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, he believeA company does not need one year from the benchmark to death in the industry.
According to the Chinese financial media "Latepost" on Monday (June 19) reported that Ma Yun appeared again after three years this year, and discussed the future with the headmaster of Hangzhou Yungu School with the role of teachers.educate.In May, he was hired as a guest professor by the University of Tokyo, Japan.But he has been concerned about Alibaba's business.
Reported that in late May, Ma Yun convened the heads of various businesses of Tao Tian Group to open a small communication meeting.According to a number of Alibaba employees, Ma Yun believes that the current competition situation facing Taitian Group is very severe. He uses Nokia and Kodak as an example, thinking that a company is benchmarking from the industry to death.Speed may be faster.
Jack Ma also said at the meeting that Alibaba's past successful methodology may not be applicable, and should be quickly changed.He pointed out three directions for Tao Tian Group: returning to Taobao, returning to users, and returning to the Internet; many employees predict that after the "618" shopping festival, the group will usher in a number of reforms of management systems.
A Alibaba person told "Late LatePost", he believes that Ma Yun's emphasis on "returning to the Internet" may be affected by the American investor Charlie Munger's remarks.
Mange publicly stated in February that investing in Alibaba is one of the most serious mistakes he had made. "I was fascinated by their status in the Chinese Internet industry, but I didn’t realize it.They are still just a damn retailer. "
The above -mentioned Alibaba people said that Ma Yun has never thought that Alibaba has done traditional retail, and Munger's evaluation has turned Alibaba from a myth to a family into a familyRetail company that is not "sexy".
