The success of the Starbucks has been based on this balance between profitability and a social conscience. Everywhere we’re doing business, were trying to manage the business through the lens of humanity.
HOWARD SCHULTZSocial and digital media is a bullet train, and that bullet train is not coming home.
More Howard Schultz Quotes
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Success is empty if you arrive at the finish line alone.
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To be an enduring, great company, you have to build a mechanism for preventing or solving problems that will long outlast any one individual leader.
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Be bold, but be fair. Don’t give in. If others around you have integrity, too, you can prevail.
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You cant build any kind of organization if you’re not going to surround yourself with people who have experience and skill base beyond your own.
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Cutting prices or putting things on sale is not sustainable business strategy. The other side of it is that you can’t cut enough costs to save your way to prosperity.
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I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It’s seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It’s seeing what other people don’t see And pursuing that vision.
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Business leaders cannot be bystanders.
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Success is the by-product when you work toward the target.
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I honestly never dreamed at the time that I would one day own the Starbucks and or be in a position where we would have more than 10,000 stores around the world. It has just been an incredible journey for all of us.
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This may sound a bit naive, but I got here by believing in big dreams.
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When we began Starbucks, what I wanted to try to do was to create a set of values, guiding principles, and culture.
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But when you really believe-in yourself, in your dream-you just have to do everything you possibly can to take control and make your vision a reality. No great achievement happens by luck.
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Whatever you do, don’t play it safe. Don’t do things the way they’ve always been done. Don’t try to fit the system. If you do what’s expected of you, you’ll never accomplish more than others expect.
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Europe has always represented a major strategic opportunity to achieve our goal of creating and building an enduring global brand.
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I was taken by the power that savoring a simple cup of coffee can have to connect people and create community.
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