While we are a coffee company at heart, Starbucks provides much more than the best cup of coffee—we offer a community gathering place where people come together to connect and discover new things.
HOWARD SCHULTZSuccess is best when it is shared.
More Howard Schultz Quotes
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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.
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Success is the by-product when you work toward the target.
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Customers must recognize that you stand for something.
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China traditionally has been a tea-drinking country but we turned them into coffee drinkers.
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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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We are not in the coffee business serving people, we are in the people business serving coffee.
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And with the right mentor, don’t be afraid to expose your vulnerabilities. Admit you don’t know what you don’t know. When you acknowledge your weaknesses and ask for advice, you’ll be surprised how much others will help.
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Don’t settle! Embrace a dream–and keep dreaming. Don’t be a bystander. Take it personally.
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Entrepreneurs must love what they do to such a degree that doing it is worth sacrifice and, at times, pain. But doing anything else, we think, would be unimaginable.
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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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My passion. My commitment. This is the most important thing in my life other than my family.
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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.
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It’s one thing to dream, but when the moment is right, you’ve got to be willing to leave what’s familiar and go out to find your own sound.
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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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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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