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Entrepreneur: Jack Ma, Alibaba and the 40 Thieves of Success

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How did Alibaba’s Jack Ma become a successful entrepreneur, despite being an English teacher previously?

“People laughed at him for NOT understanding Technology”
He publicly humiliates himself for it…

In “ Jack Ma, Alibaba and the 40 Thieves of Success “ you’ll not only learn about the 40 key leading principles millionaire entrepreneurs know about kick-starting a business, but you’ll also learn;


Not only that, this helps you bring your million dollar idea into realization. You’ll discover, maintain and grow any idea you have into your entrepreneur’s dream.

* This is Jack Ma’s guide when it comes to starting your own company and becoming the next Successful Entrepreneur!

Why Only A Few People Succeed?

5 years ago I set out on a journey to understand what makes any Good idea, Great & what makes the Best of them, Legendary.

Every lessons and notes in these pages has personally helped me in my solo-entrepreneurial journey. I’ve applied dozens of these philosophies & hacks into growing my own business.

The lessons here have aided in my journey towards building a 6-figure publishing company without any notable mentors by my side and helped me faced my toughest adversity (Acid Test).

They will help you when you need them most.

Now, most of us are psychologically intrigued by stories of unbelievable success, but we fail to discover and pay attention on what sets these strangers apart. We fail to recognize the journey it takes to arrive at the peak. There are literally a thousand and one ways to achieve success, but only a dozen or so reasons for complete and utter failure.

So what makes Jack Ma so different from the rest of the world’s 1%?

Wait no Let’s read and find out now!

95 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 29, 2017

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272 reviews5 followers
October 18, 2017
Inspiring. A man with an outstanding vision, great leader, goal and result oriented. The book has some of the best quotes from Jack Ma.
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61 reviews10 followers
January 31, 2018
#40_Books_A_Year
Quick & easy read about China's richest man. "Intelligent people need a genius fool to lead them. His way of thinking is different from scientists" "I dont want to be liked. I want to be respected".
Profile Image for Pooja  Banga.
839 reviews98 followers
December 20, 2018
How did Alibaba’s Jack Ma become a successful entrepreneur, despite being an English teacher previously?

“People laughed at him for NOT understanding Technology”
He publicly humiliates himself for it…

In “ Entrepreneur: Jack Ma, Alibaba and the 40 Thieves of Success“ you’ll not only learn about the 40 key leading principles millionaire entrepreneurs know about kick-starting a business, but you’ll also learn;

The unorthodox methods of Jack which makes him a Maverick: The Pratfall Effect & the Forrest Gump Strategy.

How he uses these two strategies to ultimately get investors and his team to trust him even more than the Brilliant Genius in the room…

The “holy Grail“ of gaining an infinite amount of entrepreneurial energy.

Entrepreneurial success secrets without the BS!

How to break through the next Goal Barrier!

Uncover the Midas Touch of a Maverick Entrepreneur

How to bring your lofty ideas to Life!


Not only that, this helps you bring your million dollar idea into realization. You’ll discover, maintain and grow any idea you have into your entrepreneur’s dream.

* This is Jack Ma’s guide when it comes to starting your own company and becoming the next Successful Entrepreneur!

Why Only A Few People Succeed?

5 years ago I set out on a journey to understand what makes any Good idea, Great & what makes the Best of them, Legendary.

Every lessons and notes in these pages has personally helped me in my solo-entrepreneurial journey. I’ve applied dozens of these philosophies & hacks into growing my own business.

The lessons here have aided in my journey towards building a 6-figure publishing company without any notable mentors by my side and helped me faced my toughest adversity (Acid Test).

They will help you when you need them most.

Now, most of us are psychologically intrigued by stories of unbelievable success, but we fail to discover and pay attention on what sets these strangers apart. We fail to recognize the journey it takes to arrive at the peak. There are literally a thousand and one ways to achieve success, but only a dozen or so reasons for complete and utter failure.

So what makes Jack Ma so different from the rest of the world’s 1%?

Wait no more: Let’s read and find out now!
6 reviews
November 12, 2017
The best true to life book to learn from.

This book is inspirational it speaks to what life and persistence is about and not the quickest way like our society has made itself, "I want it now never mind working, never mind learn and waiting based on our abilities, the now generations will reap what they sew".
This book spells out the reasons for living and doing business ethically to reach out most of our wanted desires.
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19 reviews1 follower
February 22, 2018
Book could be much shorter in terms of amount of pages, very spaced out, however very easy read, finished in around 25 mins.

I didnt really take much away from this book other than a few quotes made by Jack Ma, im also not that sure why this is even a book, the content doesn't teach you much other than the quotes which most have seen anyway.

Maybe im being harsh I don't know, I liked some of the quotes anyway.
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Author 27 books15 followers
January 7, 2018
While the quotes from Jack Ma were interesting to digest, the author does not expand on them well and at times seems to promote himself instead of the work of Jack Ma.

The book felt a bit self promotion, using Jack as a sales mechanism. However, it's a quick read with a few worthwhile nuggets.
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70 reviews36 followers
April 17, 2018
"Today is hard. Tomorrow will be worse. But the day after that will be beautiful."

Jack Ma is one of the inspirational persons whom I follow. His humble beginnings and his influential thoughts always held me in captive.

In this book, thoughts of Jack Ma is put into the display. The way he thinks, how is he runs the business and most of all, his vision for the future world.

The book is simple but very effective business philosophy it depicts. Overall, a great read.
2 reviews
April 17, 2018
How to be a perfect entrepreneur

This is what the book teaches us. Jack ma quoted many times related to approach towards his business and what made him so successful and this simply gives brief description why did he quoted certain lines. 4 stars because this gives only abstract knowledge of entrepreneurship not actionable knowledge. A good book for any struggling business man
Profile Image for Sanman Parvalkar.
12 reviews
October 27, 2017
Jack Ma the humble entrepreneur with a sense of humor. The 40 mini stories cover what his guidance about making it big. He isn't stringent like Elon Musk. The book doesn't take much time to finish. But yes makes you feel wanting more.
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477 reviews93 followers
December 6, 2017
Marvelous

Simple, but stunning! A great account of Jack Ma's life philosophy. A worth reading for anyone who wants to get better insights on business philosophy, but do not have much time to read biography-like books.
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Author 5 books10 followers
March 1, 2018
Good to know what Jack Ma has believed

As a book it was a good read, though not Jack Ma's biography. Got to know of what he has believed on in his life, his thought process and never give up attitude.
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Author 13 books4 followers
August 6, 2018
An excellent compilation and narration of Jack Ma's business ethics and life pholosophy. No quote is more than common sense yet this book is a must read to remind us all what it takes to reach one's goal.
2 reviews
October 1, 2018
Its short and straight forward for anyone to understand the concepts

Jack MA's philosophy is practical and applicable to a diverse group of passionate young aspiring entrepreneurs like me, he is the reason why i haven't yet given up on my dreams.
1 review
September 26, 2021
Event planner and manager

Great book. Very inspiring. Had it for more than year and decided to read just now because our company is at the crossroads and we need insight for the next step… I highly recommend. In fact am gonna look for some other books about Jack Ma…
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2 reviews2 followers
October 24, 2017
If you want to succeed in life. Not just as Entrepreneur but as a person, read this. Everything about this book is awesome.
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2 reviews1 follower
January 19, 2018
Sleep on your dream until you achive it.

Who has fear of hearing NO and one who want to get rid of fear read. Those people should read this book at least once in a week
6 reviews
February 5, 2018
Resilience and never say die


From a teacher to a billionaire entrepreneur jack ma 's book has good practical realistic lessons to be learnt and applied to get ahead in life


1 review
February 13, 2018
awesome. Putted evrythng so perfctly.

it will surely help in good thought process. thankx for your efforts. keep paitence and work smart. Live life and enjoy.
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1,163 reviews
February 19, 2018
Business sense

Great ideas to build business while still being a human. Fast read with good ideas to build on. Follow your dreams
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171 reviews22 followers
March 3, 2018
This book tries to present 40 principles about the success of Jack Ma and Alibaba. The book is quite short (read under an hour) but very, very superficial.
2 reviews
March 13, 2018
Great one

Learnt something about jack ma and his failure efforts to create a great e-commerce​ website which world turns out .
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6 reviews
March 31, 2018
Really inspirational. Needed something like this since long... The most important thing is to never give up on your dreams.
1 review
April 15, 2018
THANKS FOR GIVING HIS PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE

THANKS FOR GIVING HIS PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE HELPING EVERY ONE TO GROW and fulfil their dream in real life good job
Profile Image for Akshata Bhadranna.
23 reviews
April 26, 2018
Nicely compiled

You can find it all on Google but the author has brought in a flow to it and brought forth Jack Ma's inspiring thoughts and beliefs. A good read.
2 reviews
May 10, 2018
Great book

I enjoyed most of the book and learned a lot from this inspiring entrepreneur (Jack Ma) and it contains a bunch of motivating quotes.
2 reviews
May 2, 2018
Short sweet and crisp

Complete in one sit,
Amazing experience
Nothing bullshit written in this book
Quote design and description are valid to the aspect
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10 reviews
May 23, 2018
Good book

It is a really good book and it will help anyone who wishes to be an entrepreneur a lot of new things. A very good and informative book.
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