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'Harvard Rejected Me 10 Times': Jack Ma, Founder, Alibaba

In this wonderful video interview with Charlie Rose, filmed at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos this year, Alibaba founder Jack Ma describes the failures and triumphs that got him where he is today, blazing a trail through the global e-commerce industry.

He also explains why rejection is a blessing, persistence is the key, stupid ideas are best ideas, future depends on how we act today, and that his dexterity with the English language comes courtesy of Richard Nixon.

Read the original article on World Economic Forum. Copyright 2015.

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