We would take something old and tired and common – coffee – and weave a sense of romance and community around it. We would rediscover the mystique and charm that had swirled around coffee throughout the centuries.
HOWARD SCHULTZGreat companies that build an enduring brand have an emotional relationship with customers that has no barrier. And that emotional relationship is on the most important characteristic, which is trust.
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My parents really wanted me to get out of New York, be exposed to other people, other ways of life.
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Starbucks trying to build a different kind of company around the balance of profitably and benevolence. A social conscience. And that isn’t a program it has to be a way of life.
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If you want to achieve widespread impact and lasting value, be bold.
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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.
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In life, you can blame a lot of people and you can wallow in self-pity or you can pick yourself up and say listen, I have to be responsible for myself.
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Every step of the way, I made a point to underpromise and overdeliver. In the long run, that’s the only way to ensure security in any job.
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Victory is much more meaningful when it comes not just from one person, but from the joint achievements of many.
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Customers must recognize that you stand for something.
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Risk more than others think safe.
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Effective leaders share two intertwined attributes: an unbridled level of confidence about where their organizations are headed, and the ability to bring people along.
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I never wanted to be on any billionaires list. I never define myself by net worth. I always try to define myself by my values.
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I think that sometimes the difference between winning and losing, success and failure, is this gray line between will, passion and self-belief that says, ‘I’m going to do this’.
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At an early age, my mother gave me this feeling that anything is possible, and I believe that.
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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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The premium single-cup segment is the fastest-growing business within the global coffee industry.
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