What do Shark Tank investors, Marvel superheroes, and World Cup champions all agree is the secret to entrepreneurial success?

The best moments don't happen in boardrooms—they happen on stages where entrepreneurs, champions, and innovators share the unfiltered truth about building businesses in turbulent times. In this special episode of B2B Breakthrough, host Ciara Cristo takes you inside CoCreate 2025, Alibaba.com's premier global trade event held in London and Las Vegas, featuring an extraordinary lineup of voices from Shark Tank, the Dragon's Den, the Marvel Universe, the Olympics, and the World Cup.

This isn't your typical interview episode—it's a curated collection of the most powerful insights from the stages at CoCreate 2025, where 25,000 entrepreneurs gathered to rewrite the playbook on resilience, execution, and breakthrough success.

Featured Speakers:

• Kuo Zhang (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kuo-zhang-0714708/?originalSubdomain=sg) - President of Alibaba.com (https://www.alibaba.com) - On navigating turbulence in global trade


• Lori Greiner (https://www.lorigreiner.com/) - "Queen of QVC" and Shark Tank investor - The formula for product success


• Darrell Spencer (https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrell-spencer-30a572b5/) - Founder of Crowned Skin (https://www.crownedskin.com) and Kings Crowning - From $10K to 8-figures with Alibaba.com


• Simu Liu (https://www.linkedin.com/in/simu-liu-47946a2b1/) - Actor, entrepreneur, and Dragon's Den investor - Why execution beats ideas


• Rio Ferdinand (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rio-ferdinand/) - Former international footballer and strategic investor - Building resilience through loss


• Eric Larcheveque (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericlarch/) - Co-founder of Ledger and serial entrepreneur - The price of resilience


• Alex Tsai - Head of Strategic Partnerships, Alibaba.com - Moderating the resilience conversation

Tune in to learn:

• (00:00 ) Welcome and Introduction to CoCreate 2025


• (01:26 ) Kuo Zhang - Turbulence Is Daily Life for Entrepreneurs


• (03:40 ) Introduction to Lori Greiner's Session


• (04:00 ) Lori Greiner - The Formula for Product Success


• (05:48 ) Introduction to Darrell Spencer


• (06:00 ) Darrell Spencer - From $10K to 8-Figures Through Alibaba.com


• (09:49 ) Introduction to Simu Liu


• (10:04 ) Simu Liu - Ideas Are Easy, Execution Is Everything


• (14:05 ) Introduction to the Resilience Panel


• (14:25 ) Panel Discussion - The Reality of Entrepreneurial Failure


• (22:18 ) Rio Ferdinand - Expecting and Preparing for Failure


• (22:57 ) Eric Larcheveque - Taking Big Risks Without Fear


• (24:52 ) Rio Ferdinand - Two Types of Resilience


• (27:02 ) Eric Larcheveque - The Sacrifice Behind Success


• (28:09 ) Closing and Holiday Message

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