Why did Ma Yun leave Shanghai?

What does he think of Shanghai's entrepreneurial environment?

With the attention of two secretaries of Shanghai and Guangdong to Ma Yun, these two questions have also become the doubts of many people.

At the eleven session of the Shanghai Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference held in January 27th, Yu Zhengsheng, Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee, asked for "why Shanghai can't stay with Ma Yun" and said that "it is a pity for Shanghai to lose such a giant enterprise developed by small enterprises".

Then, in February 20th, the Guangdong provincial Party and government delegation of the Guangdong provincial Party committee, Wang Yang rate, inspects the Alibaba company specializing in the "East China study and inspection activities", and affirms and approving Ma Yun's entrepreneurial spirit and Alibaba's business model.

People who know Ma Yun know that he was not a low-key man since he was a child. But what disappointed the media is that he declined the interview of any journalist for the two awards of Shanghai and Guangdong and his original choice.

"I think the most open land on the land is grassland, and the most imaginative thing in human society is the Internet," he said.

This is the original word of Ma Yun.

In February 29th, the reporter found a speech he made a year ago through the most imaginative Internet. It is this speech that explains why he left Shanghai in detail.

In the past, I put my headquarters in Shanghai, rented a large office in Huaihailu Road, dressed up beautifully, and within a year, I was very tired and unable to recruit.

Where do they say Alibaba is from?

Almost no one spoke to us.

Finally, we decided to evacuate from Shanghai, first selected Beijing, and finally thought it would be better to return to Hangzhou.

Ma Yun said, "at that time, I comforted myself. I think if we say that in Beijing and Shanghai, we are one of the 500 children. In Hangzhou, we are the only children in Hangzhou, at least we can get more attention."

Because of the small company's reasons, Ma Yun said that Shanghai was "afraid of our innovative companies". "Because Shanghai prefers multinational companies, Shanghai likes the top 500 in the world, so long as it is the top 500 in the world, there will be development, but if private enterprises are just starting to start their own businesses, it is best not to come to Shanghai."

What makes Ma feel more profound is that "we are all rustic people" in the eyes of Shanghai people.

"As a metropolis, it should not be higher than the height and width of a city. It should be considered how big a city is, so we should consider how to accommodate foreigners to start businesses."

Ma Yun thought, "I think Shanghai has today because there are many people who do not speak Shanghai dialect into this city to help the city grow.

So, I think a city is the first to invest in human beings. Second, to establish a good investment environment, the passion of the 31 cities is very important.

According to the latest survey, the business cost of Shanghai, once favored by many private enterprises, is getting higher and higher. As of June 2007, more than 7000 private enterprises in Zhejiang were evacuated from Shanghai, and the headquarters or important departments were moved to Hangzhou, Ningbo and Hongkong.

Although the number of small and medium-sized enterprises in Guangdong is the first in the country, it has not hatched an innovative e-commerce enterprise like Alibaba.

Experts believe that the above situation causes two secretaries to reflect on the entrepreneurial environment.

Lei Jiasu, deputy director of the China entrepreneurship research center of Tsinghua University, believes that the business culture and start-up costs of a city are very important to the growing private enterprises.

"For small businesses that are just starting their own businesses, it is difficult for them to survive, whether they are high-tech enterprises or not."

Lei Jia Wei said that an entrepreneurial enterprise must have cash flow first and then make a gradual profit. But the enterprises that just started their businesses are basically losing money, that is, the Alibaba founded by Ma Yun also lost 3 years before they began to make profits. "Some land, tax, talent introduction and other policies are doing something" icing on the cake "for large and medium-sized enterprises, but it is very difficult for small businesses and start-ups to make timely preparations.

Liu Fan, vice president of KAB research institute engaged in entrepreneurship education research, reflects on this problem from another angle. He believes that the most important factor of entrepreneurial success is the quality of entrepreneurs themselves, but their entrepreneurial and regional factors will also have a great impact on the success of start-ups.