September 11 morning news, small and medium enterprises in the 2009APEC summit site, Alibaba Group Chairman of the Board Ma with the NBA champion Kobe Bryant dialogue. The two men spoke emphasized the enthusiasm and imagination for the success of importance.
Bryant said, playing basketball with the wisdom of using the imagination. He said he wanted to teach their children to use their own imagination. To find a free, able to be innovative. Really was done because I like basketball. This is a commercial presence in common. "I want to play more interesting and become more pure power."
Ma admitted that he does not fit to play basketball, but basketball and business has a lot in common, such as imagination, such as passion.
Michael Jackson is Bryant’s idol. Bryant said that Jackson’s attention to detail so that he was very enlightening. "In Jackson’s music career, will spend a lot of time to study music. Each will be concerned about the difference in tone. I play basketball, I have attention to detail." "One minute can change everything."
Ma also took the initiative to invite Kobe questions. Bryant then asked Ma how to develop from scratch to today’s level. Ma replied that the important thing is that everyone believed that a goal, we have a very good dream, let the dream become a reality. We should continue to encourage one another, with each other not to give up.
"Most important thing is, how well every detail." Ma said, "We are very fortunate. The next decade, we hope that our cause is like playing basketball, you can fun doing it. We must ensure that doing business have a lot of fun. "
When asked how to play team potential, Bryant said it was important to establish a link, the team where everyone is good friends and relations are very good. Everyone is different, to understand each individual, there is such a close relationship in order to understand such a sample to motivate them, how can they be inspired.
"I want to have freedom, creativity, and I would like to have their own spirit." Bryant said after retirement will be considered to open a basketball school to teach kids to play basketball. He hopes to teach kids teamwork, creativity, dedication, imagination.
Ma responded by saying he hopes and Bryant to do the same thing, education entrepreneurs. Now many MBA schools, the enterprise became a robot tutor. Like doing business and playing basketball, but also need creativity and fun.
Bryant asked Ma how to motivate the team. Gives them a sense of mission and goals, they do not work for me, but for this objective. We always encourage each other. The second point is that we are always changing, hoping like a tube, like a small business to manage a large enterprise. We hope that the company by the Dahua small. But the service mission of SMEs will not change. To motivate people is not a question of money.
Ma stressed that the team is very important to share, I am not God, the same as they are ordinary people, all things should be transparent.
"Today’s me and I a decade ago, the difference is that my heart has become stronger." Ma said, "Today will be tough, tomorrow may be more difficult, but the background will see the sun. But many people may be tomorrow would go through . "
Asked about China’s plan, Bryant said, each time coming to China, will teach people to play basketball. See a lot of kids on the basketball court is like playing with them, answer their questions, sharing with them very interesting. Wait until the next communication time, want to share the same basketball player and then see if they have any lack of progress, and then teach them something new.
Ma went on to say, thanks to Kobe Bryant as a teacher is willing to learn to play basketball. He also told Bryant, if you want to do business, it should be as an important platform for the network. Bryant also gave Ma a pair of sports shoes as a gift.
