Porter Erisman > Quotes

“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.”
― Porter Erisman, Alibaba's World: How One Remarkable Chinese Company Is Changing the Face of Global Business

“Learn from competitors but never copy them. Copy them and you will die.”
― Porter Erisman, Alibaba's World: How a Remarkable Chinese Company Is Changing the Face of Global Business

“Alibaba is no longer a David. It is a Goliath. And as a Goliath it will face an entirely new set of challenges.”
― Porter Erisman, Alibaba's World: How One Remarkable Chinese Company Is Changing the Face of Global Business

“a wrong decision is better than no decision in Internet time.”
― Porter Erisman, Alibaba's World: How a Remarkable Chinese Company Is Changing the Face of Global Business

“Scan code. No cash acceptable.”
― Porter Erisman, Six Billion Shoppers: The Companies Winning the Global E-Commerce Boom

“Online retail is no longer an additional channel through which to sell products. It is becoming central to how companies research, develop, brand, and market their products.”
― Porter Erisman, Six Billion Shoppers: The Companies Winning the Global E-Commerce Boom

“More than half of Mexicans older than six use the Internet, and 85 percent of those Internet users use social networks. However, only about a quarter of Internet users shop online.”
― Porter Erisman, Six Billion Shoppers: The Companies Winning the Global E-Commerce Boom

“E-commerce growth will spill over to online finance and fintech, disrupting the banks With so many customers in Southeast Asia who don’t use banks, one of the major opportunities will be e-commerce’s growth into financial technology”
― Porter Erisman, Six Billion Shoppers: The Companies Winning the Global E-Commerce Boom