Salman Fahad

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[AI Avenger @AI__Avenger]

Alibaba founder spent 64 free minutes at Moscow State University explaining how to build a $450 billion company from an apartment with 18 people. Almost nobody who bought a business course that year has watched it.

Jack Ma promised 700 Moscow State University students 5,000 Russian jobs in October 2017.

He had 100 people in Moscow at the time.

The second-year physics student who introduced him read the numbers off a card. Company is 18 years old. Founded by 18 people in a Hangzhou apartment. $450 billion market cap. 30 million jobs created directly or indirectly.

Ma opened by telling the room he failed the university entrance exam 3 times.

He flew 867 hours that year. He said Alibaba makes stupid decisions almost every day and just does it again.

Then a student asked about delivery.

Ma said he met some Russian girls 2 years earlier and asked how fast AliExpress shipped. They said it was great. He asked what great meant. They said 45 days.

"Great is 45 minutes. Not 45 days."

He had it down to 15 by 2017. He wanted 72 hours.

The part nobody quotes from that hour: he told them he did not want to win.

AliExpress was under 1% of Alibaba's business. Russian e-commerce was under 1% of Russian retail, roughly where China sat 12 years earlier. He said he had no interest in Alibaba becoming the largest marketplace in Russia. Build your own logistics. Build your own payments. Build your own Alibaba.

"Don't wait for the monopoly. Don't wait for the bank. If everything's ready, why do they need you?"

Then he announced a $15 billion research lab, said his CTO was flying in to hire MSU mathematicians and physicists, and wrote a contact address on stage. He admitted he doesn't read email.

February 2022. Alibaba stopped funding AliExpress Russia. The venture had about 1,000 staff. More than half were cut. Warehouses shut. By 2024 the rubles stopped clearing. The lab never opened. Ozon and Wildberries took the market he had just described to them.

He was right about the 1%. Wrong about who would still be standing there.

He told them to build it without him. 5 years later they had to.

[Salman Fahad @desire2get]

@nishatriaz @dundeeuni @g98008679 Many congratulations to the young champ.

[University of Kent @UniKent]

We are deeply saddened to confirm that one student from the University of Kent has died following a case of invasive meningitis.

Our thoughts are with the student’s family, friends and the wider university community at this extremely difficult time.

The safety of our students and staff remains our highest priority. We are working closely with public health teams and are in touch with staff and students to ensure they get the advice and support they need.

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[Sky News @SkyNews]

BREAKING: Two people have died during an outbreak of meningitis in the Canterbury area of Kent.

The UK Health Security Agency said 11 other people had fallen ill with signs and symptoms of meningitis and septicaemia.

@SkyNewsThomas reports.

https://t.co/mdVxUO56Uw

[Salman Fahad @desire2get]

@Shanzaf Interested

[Mike Town @MikeTown44]

#UniteTheKingdom #TommyRobinson

Can’t make this up! 🤣😂

[Haroon Anjum @_Haroon79]

تھائی لینڈ ، میانمار زلزلہ ۔ قیامت سے پہلے قیامت
قیامت کیسے آئے گی ۔ منظر کیا ہوگا
(عَنْ أَبِی ہُرَیْرَۃَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُول اللّٰہِ (ﷺ) لَتَقُومَنَّ السَّاعَۃُ وَثَوْبُہُمَا بَیْنَہُمَا لَا یَطْوِیَانِہٖ وَلَا یَتَبَایَعَانِہٖ وَلَتَقُومَنَّ السَّاعَۃُ وَقَدْ حَلَبَ لِقْحَتَہٗ لَا یَطْعَمُہٗ وَلَتَقُومَنَّ السَّاعَۃُ وَقَدْ رَفَعَ لُقْمَتَہٗ إِلٰی فیہٖ وَلَا یَطْعَمُہَا وَلَتَقُومَنَّ السَّاعَۃُ وَالرَّجُلُ یَلِیطُ حَوْضَہٗ لَا یَسْقِی مِنْہٗ )[ رواہ احمد] ” حضرت ابوہریرہ (رض) بیان کرتے ہیں رسول معظم (ﷺ) نے فرمایا کپڑا بیچنے اور خریدنے والے ابھی سمیٹ نہیں سکیں گے کہ قیامت آجائے گی۔ ایک آدمی اپنی اونٹنی کا دودھ دوہ رہا ہوگا اور وہ اس کو پی نہیں سکے گا کہ قیامت قائم ہوجائے گی۔ کھانا کھانے والا لقمہ اپنے منہ کی طرف اٹھائے گا۔ اس کو کھا نہیں سکے گا تو قیامت قائم ہوجائے گی۔ ایک آدمی اپنا حوض ٹھیک کر رہا ہوگا وہ اس سے پانی پی نہیں سکے گا کہ قیامت قائم ہوجائے گی

[Inferam @InferamAI]

AC and fan placement tips

[Asad Ali Toor @AsadAToor]

🚨🚨
Impact of @MahrangBaloch_ is now beyond the borders of #Balochistan.. You cannot stop her nor defeat her.. TALK TO HER NOW before it’s too late

[Yar Muhammad Khan Niazi @YarMKNiazi]

حکومت خیبر پختونخوا نے یتیم بچوں کے لیے روشن مستقبل کارڈ اور بیوہ خواتین کے لیے سہارا کارڈ کا اجرا کر دیا۔ یتیم بچوں (5-16 سال) اور 45 سال سے زائد عمر کی بیوہ خواتین کو ہر ماہ 10,000 روپے دیے جائیں گے۔ درخواست کے لیے QR کوڈ اسکین کریں یا https://t.co/eZEupxUltU وزٹ کریں۔

[Salman Fahad @desire2get]

@Cristiano @AlNassrFC @AlNassrFC_EN Amazing

[Home Office @ukhomeoffice]

No one is above the law.

[Ina Lepel @GermanyinPAK]

1/2 The Embassy has constantly increased the number of study visa over the past years.
# To increase the number further, we are introducing a new registration system.
# The new system will go live next week.
# In the meantime, registrations for study visa are closed.

[Salman Fahad @desire2get]

@mdk_gul إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ

[Salman Fahad @desire2get]

A pathetic customer service team @UBLDigital

[Syed Wiqas Shah ترمذی @SyedWiqasAhmad1]

اپنے میڈیا سٹڈیز تھیسسز کے لئے ایک سروے کر رہا ہوں جو کہ کئی سوالات پر مشتمل ہے، اپکے جوابات سے مجھے ڈیٹا اکٹھا کرنے میں اسانی ہو جائیگیؔ
سوال1:
کیا اپ خبروں کے لئے پاکستانی ٹی وی چینلز پر اعتبار کرتے ہیں یا سوشل میڈیا پر؟

[Habib Khan @HabibKhanT]

Afghanistan, as it once was, decades ago.

[Hamid Mir حامد میر @HamidMirPAK]

آؤ بچو سیر کرائیں تم کو پاکستان کی ۔۔۔۔