In 2002, the year Alibaba.com first became profitable, founder Jack Ma gathered a handful of employees in his office and told them there was a secret project that they had the opportunity to join. But to do so, they would need to resign from Alibaba, work from a secret location, and refrain from telling friends or family or Alibaba staff about this new start-up they would be building.
The Secret to Alibaba’s Culture Is Jack Ma’s Apartment
It houses the company’s unique launch strategy.
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