00:00they traveled to the united states where they visited san francisco and seattle
00:03there he learned about the internet and saw how it was changing the way people communicate and do
00:08business he was inspired to start his own business on the internet so when he came back to china he
00:12quit his job at the translation company and started working at a software company called
00:16there he met a co-worker named eddie wu was a talented programmer who shared jack ma's passion
00:21for the internet they became friends and started talking about how they could use the internet to
00:25help chinese businesses grow in 1998 jack ma and joe si left alibaba software and started their
00:32own company called easy.com their goal was to help chinese factories sell their products to
00:37international buyers through the internet they developed a website that allowed factories to
00:41list their products and buyers to search for them then they did marketing to attract buyers from all
00:46over the world it was hard work but also very exciting jack ma and joe si were both very passionate
00:51about their project and they were also very lucky just as they were about to launch their website
00:56the chinese government announced a new policy that would make it easier for businesses to sell online
01:01this gave easy.com a huge boost and the company quickly became profitable chapter 2
01:06the government shutdown but not everyone was happy with easy.com success
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