1. Alibaba
When Jack Ma was dining in a restaurant in the United States, he had a sudden idea and asked the restaurant waiter if he knew the name Alibaba. The waiter replied that he knew and told Ma Yun that Alibaba's spell to open the treasure was "Open Sesame". After that, Ma Yun repeatedly asked others around the world. After this test, Ma Yun found that the story of Alibaba was known to people all over the world, and the pronunciation was almost the same regardless of language. "From my grandmother to my son, they all read Alibaba." Just like that, Jack Ma decided to use "Alibaba" as the name of the company.
Jack Ma said: I named Alibaba not for China, but for the world. I am doing Taobao, and one day I will go global. From the beginning, our goal was not just to make money, but to create a global and excellent company that can last 102 years. However, the "Alibaba" domain name has been bought by a Canadian. Jack Ma was sure that this domain name would be spread all over the world in the future. He spent US$10,000 of the initial capital of 500,000 yuan to buy back Alibaba's domain name from the Canadian.
How to name a company is a headache for many entrepreneurs. If you choose a bad name and it doesn't ring true, you may encounter various property rights troubles in the future (such as domain names being registered). Next, let’s take a look at how the giant technology companies came up with their names. Some of the stories are quite interesting. For example, the name Google appeared entirely due to a typing error; Yahoo is defined as "rude, unsophisticated, and vulgar"; Zynga is the name of its founder's pet dog.
When Jack Ma was dining in a restaurant in the United States, he had a sudden idea and asked the restaurant waiter if he knew the name Alibaba. The waiter replied that he knew and told Ma Yun that Alibaba's spell to open the treasure was "Open Sesame". After that, Ma Yun repeatedly asked others around the world. After this test, Ma Yun found that the story of Alibaba was known to people all over the world, and the pronunciation was almost the same regardless of language. "From my grandmother to my son, they all read Alibaba." Just like that, Jack Ma decided to use "Alibaba" as the name of the company.
Jack Ma said: I named Alibaba not for China, but for the world. I am doing Taobao, and one day I will go global. From the beginning, our goal was not just to make money, but to create a global and excellent company that can last 102 years. However, the "Alibaba" domain name has been bought by a Canadian. Ma Yun was sure that this domain name would be spread all over the world in the future. He spent US$10,000 of the start-up capital of 500,000 yuan at the time to buy back Alibaba's domain name from the Canadian.
2. Baidu
The word "Baidu" comes from the poem "The Sapphire Case·Yuan Xi" written by the Chinese Song Dynasty poet Xin Qiji: "The crowd is searching for her thousands of times, but that person is in the light of the lights. The dim place".
Robin Li said: I have loved Tang poetry and Song lyrics since I was a child, and I have a strong identification with traditional Chinese culture. The idea at that time was that the name of the website should have a Chinese meaning and be understandable to Chinese people. There must also be a simple pinyin that can express the meaning of the search, but it cannot be directly called what the search is, and it must have a cultural background. After thinking about it over and over, Xin Qiji's words suddenly came to mind, and he made the decision immediately. Because the word "Baidu" covers everything we want to express. 3. Tencent
Ma Huateng named the company Tencent, which is full of profound meaning. On the one hand, Ma Huateng has the word "Teng" in his name, and the company is closely related to him; on the other hand, "Teng" also means taking off and developing. The suffix is ??"Xun", which is more due to the influence of his old club Runxun on Ma Huateng.
As for the English name Tencent, it is more based on the famous communications company Lucent.
Later, Tencent was listed in Hong Kong. Tencent's English name was called "ten cent" by Hong Kong people. At that time, Tencent was at most an SP (SMS Content Provider) company, and Tencent charged 10 cents for text messages sent by users. One piece costs exactly ten cents, so the name is very appropriate and vivid.