With no business model and a company that was barely solvent, Baidu CEO Robin Li quickly realized that his customer base didn’t want to buy the best technology; only the cheapest. The entire strategy of his company needed to change, and he revamped his enterprise from a back-end search utility to a front-end, consumer-focused provider. Since making this change in 2001, Baidu has gone on to become one of the most successful online search tools on the planet.

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