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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 Schultz

I don’t have any secret sauce and I’m no smarter than anyone else. I will say I have surrounded myself with unbelievable talent that has made my job easier.
HOWARD SCHULTZ

Believe Job Myself Secret Smart Surround Talent
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.
HOWARD SCHULTZ

Company Endurance Greatness Leadership Problem Solve
At an early age, my mother gave me this feeling that anything is possible, and I believe that.
HOWARD SCHULTZ

Age Believe Early Feeling Inspirational Mom Myself Possible
My parents really wanted me to get out of New York, be exposed to other people, other ways of life.
HOWARD SCHULTZ

Expose Life Parents
Grow with discipline. Balance intuition with rigor. Innovate around the core. Don’t embrace the status quo.
HOWARD SCHULTZ

Balance Discipline Embrace Growth Intuition Status
The hardest thing about being a leader is demonstrating or showing vulnerability. And that has a lot to do with trust.
HOWARD SCHULTZ

Hard Leadership Trust Vulnerable
In many places where coffee is grown, deforestation is a major issue. With Starbucks’ position in the marketplace and the respect and relationships we have, we can – and have, in some cases – been able to educate and influence people.
HOWARD SCHULTZ

Coffee Education Growth Influence Issues People Place
Success is something that has to be earned every day.
HOWARD SCHULTZ

Day Earn Success
This may sound a bit naive, but I got here by believing in big dreams.
HOWARD SCHULTZ

Believe Big Dreams Inspirational Myself Sound
Who wants a dream that’s near-fetched?
HOWARD SCHULTZ

Break Dreams Need
We have no patent on anything we do and anything we do can be copied by anyone else. But you can’t copy the heart and the soul and the conscience of the company.
HOWARD SCHULTZ

Business Company Conscience Heart Soul
We woke up one day, and all the sudden Starbucks was in the middle of this political crossfire between the people who want to bring a gun into Starbucks and the people who want to prevent it. It is a very difficult, fragile situation.
HOWARD SCHULTZ

Difficult Fight Fragile Politics Situation Wake Up
Customers must recognize that you stand for something.
HOWARD SCHULTZ

Brand Customer Recognition Stand Yourself
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 SCHULTZ

Balance Business Conscience Humanity Manage Success Try
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.
HOWARD SCHULTZ

Business Enough Price Prosperity Sales Strategy Yourself
Be bold, but be fair. Don’t give in. If others around you have integrity, too, you can prevail.
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Bold Give Up Integrity Yourself

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.

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