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The house that Jack Ma built

Jack Ma

Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built, made it to the 2016 shortlist for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. Obviously, I was curious to find out what it was all about. As I was editing this issue of Hustle, it came as a pleasant surprise that our celebrity entrepreneur columnist, King Kaka, spoke about it. With that said, here’s what I learnt from Alibaba:

Stay hungry: As a child, Jack Ma always had a love for learning. To learn English, he started to guide tourists for free, who he waited for in front of hotels.

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