Between bites of scrambled eggs and potatoes, Mr. Ma compared the possible IPO to a wedding.
"There might be some cracks, but they are seldom totally damaged, " Mr. Ma said.
When Mr. Ma plays today, he still strives for that state of the beginner.
Mr. Ma, who is a reporter, says he had dated both Asian and white women.
Mr. Ma, you've mentioned that Alibaba when it first started was this business to business idea.
Mr. MA: I first met him in 1976, so I've known him for about 31 years.
On his trip to California last week, Mr. Ma traveled to Stanford University in search of talent.
Mr. Ma spent more than four years knocking on doors on Wall Street and in Washington, D.
Though Mr. Ma has high hopes for China, he sees Silicon Valley as the center of global innovation.
Mr. Ma is open to the idea that both sides have a lot to learn about each other.
They went through the piece again, and when Mr. Ma came to the impossible chord, Mr. Adolphe yelled "Stop!"
Before Mr. Adolphe could correct the music, however, Mr. Ma decided to rehearse the composition in his dorm room.
Mr. Ma hopes it will solidify trade ties with other countries as well.
At (Le) Poisson Rouge, Lil Buck and Mr. Ma re-created their YouTube collaboration.
Mr. Ma would you consider yourself a pretty independent boy as a child?
Mr. MA: I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.
Mr. Adolphe told Mr. Ma what the professor had said and asked how he had managed to play the impossible chord.
While the "three no's" have eased tensions significantly, Mr. Ma still grapples with the question of where the relationship is going long-term.
With President Obama in the White House, does Mr. Ma ever worry about the U.S. commitment to security in the Asia-Pacific region?
"One needs to constantly remind oneself to play with the abandon of the child who is just learning the cello, " Mr. Ma says.
Today, Mr. Ma's speeches draw large crowds at the company's annual gathering for customers and media (celebrity speakers have included Bill Clinton and Kobe Bryant).
To achieve the building's effect, Mr. Ma created an envelope inspired by the structure of nerve tissue, which wraps around the 29 stories of curtain windows.
Mr. MA: I think it was the combination of energy and to a player, a cellist, a fellow cellist, the impossibility of what he was doing on the instrument beyond physical ability.
Mr. Ma holds the right of first offer to take over Yahoo's shares in Alibaba, and the executive has made no secret of his intention to get at least some of that stake back.
Mr. MA: As a cellist, I just have to say we're all so incredibly grateful to him because single-handedly he changed the landscape of the cello repertoire by adding maybe 40 percent to it.
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