"Fifteen years ago, the United States asked for 2 million, but 3 VCs refused. I came again today and asked for 2 billion. " On September 8, Ma Yun made such an opening remark at the scene of Alibaba roadshow. Yesterday, you ignored me, but today, I let you down.

"Fifteen years ago, the United States asked for 2 million, but 3 VCs refused. I came again today and asked for 2 billion. " On September 8, Ma Yun made such an opening remark at the scene of Alibaba roadshow. According to the prospectus, Ali IPO plans to sell 32 million shares, with a maximum financing of 24.3 billion US dollars, and the corresponding valuation is 162.7 billion US dollars.

The investors who came to participate in the roadshow lined up in waldorf and turned 18 turns. After waiting for 4 minutes in the elevator, nearly 1, people came to see Ma Yun.

Myths often start with jokes, and miracles are often created by lunatics. Yesterday, you ignored me, but today, I let you down.

If a person can be described as a day for decades, only Ma Yun has been seen. . .

Ma Yun said, "As long as there is a dream in this world, as long as you keep working hard and learning, no matter how you look, no matter whether you are rich or not, you will have opportunities."

In that year, it took Softbank Masayoshi Son only six minutes to decide to invest $2 million in Jack Ma, just because Masayoshi Son "saw the light in Jack Ma's eyes". However, Xue Manzi dismissed Ma Yun. "What is the future of this fellow?" Later, Xue Manzi regretted it very much and cried out in shame.

Except for Xue Manzi, there were many people who "disdained" Ma Yun in those days, but now "can't afford to climb high".

The bosses who missed Ma Yun in those years

1. Xiong Xiaoge: It is our biggest failure to leave out Alibaba

Xiong Xiaoge is called the man behind Ma Huateng and Li Yanhong, but he is not the man behind Ma Yun.

In p>27, Xiong Shaoge, president of IDG Asia, said at the online business conference, "IDG invested in many Internet companies in China, including Baidu and Ctrip, but left Alibaba out, so this is our biggest failure."

Xiong xiaoge said, it's not that I don't want to vote for Alibaba. I didn't meet it a long time ago, and I really couldn't afford to vote when I had the chance. I couldn't take a few percent of the shares even if I put all my money in.

Xiong Xiaoge expressed his regret to the media like this:

"In October p>“1999, Ma Yun privately raised the first angel investment of 5 million US dollars, which was led by Goldman Sachs, and joined forces with the first-class fund companies in the United States, Asia and Europe. Unfortunately, it was finalized in Silicon Valley, and I missed it. In Alibaba's second round of financing, Japan's Softbank began to appear. Since then, this big player has continuously supported Ma Yun, which has enabled Alibaba to play to today's scale. "

"After p>“2, the venture capital group headed by Japan's Softbank has been Ma Yun's guest, and our IDG is already late. In order to enhance the confidence of venture capitalists, Ma Yun acquired Yahoo's China business in 25 and exchanged 4% of Alibaba's shares for $1 billion in cash, which completely closed Alibaba's financing door for our IDG. "

2. Ma Huateng: Now I regret to death

As a competitor and a capital hunter in the Internet industry, Ma Huateng once had the opportunity to invest in Alibaba, but he didn't cherish it.

in March p>213, when attending the Chinese homecoming meeting, Ma Huateng said, "When Taobao was first launched, Ma Yun told me that I had the opportunity to invest 15%. First, I'm not optimistic about it, and second, I think it's too small, so I have to vote for 5%. Now I regret it. "

However, if Ma Huateng had really invested 15% in Alibaba, would the internet pattern in China be what it is now?

3. Feng Lun: We are mistaken.

Feng Lun is a "philosopher" in the enterprise family, but he admits that he is also mistaken sometimes.

In an interview with the media in p>213, Feng Lun said, "When Ma Yun was looking for investment, we voted for his competitor ebay. At that time, eBay was really strong and Ma Yun was weak, and the result was wrong."

Feng Lun said, "Being an enterprise always faces two choices: catching up or transforming. If you make follow-up decisions, then entrepreneurs are very relaxed; Transformation is tiring and risky, but it may become an industry leader. Ma Yun could have been a vulgar intermediary company at that time, which was called following; But he transformed into e-commerce and became a leader today. "

Today you ignore me, and tomorrow I will make you unattainable.

The Internet circle is always full of too many uncertainties and legends. Here are a few examples for you:

1. In 29, Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp, went to Facebook and was rejected. Now, Facebook spent $19 billion to acquire WhatsApp;

2. At the beginning, Ma Yun and Youku founder Gu Yongqiang competed for the position of Sohu COO, and Gu Yongqiang defeated Ma Yun. Now, Ma Yun's Alibaba has invested in Youku Tudou in Gu Yongqiang;

3. At the beginning, Ma Huateng considered selling QQ for 6, yuan, and successively negotiated with four companies, all of which ended in failure. Now, Ma Huateng's worth can only make everyone hehe;

4. Another story is that after QQ was a little bigger, Ma Huateng went to Wang Zhidong, the founder of Sina, and asked if he wanted $1.5 million. Wang Zhidong took a look and thought that I spent 1, on your stuff. So refused to buy.

in 1999, Li Zekai once held 2% of Tencent's shares, but he sold them in a hurry two years later. If Li Zekai still holds a 2% stake in Tencent today, which is twice as much as Ma Huateng, Li Zekai will be the richest man in China. He can not only really get out of the shadow of his father Li Ka-shing, but also master the supreme authority of the Internet industry in China. This is nature!

6. Apples have also been looked down upon. In 1976, nolan bushnell, the founder of Atari, only needed to invest $5, to get a third of Apple's shares, but he pushed the opportunity to Sequoia Capital. Unfortunately, the investors of Sequoia Capital disdained Jobs with disheveled clothes and long hair shawls, and eventually, by mistake, Markkula funded $25, when Apple was about to face bankruptcy, and got 3% of Apple's shares, becoming the first investor of Apple.