One day I was in San Francisco in a coffee shop, and I was thinking Alibaba is a good name. And then a waitress came, and I said, "
Do you know about Alibaba?" And she said
yes. I said, "
What do you know about Alibaba?", and she said, "
Open Sesame". And I said, "
Yes, this is the name!" Then I went onto the street and found 30 people and asked them, "
Do you know Alibaba?" People from India, people from Germany, people from Tokyo and China … they all knew about Alibaba. Alibaba — open sesame. Alibaba is a kind, smart business person, and he helped the village. So … easy to spell, and globally known. Alibaba opens sesame for small- to medium-sized companies.
We also registered the name "Alimama", in case someone wants to marry us!
