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Grow with discipline. Balance intuition with rigor. Innovate around the core. Don’t embrace the status quo.

Howard Schultz

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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Build Company Different Kind Life Profit Program Try Way
Business leaders cannot be bystanders.
HOWARD SCHULTZ

Business Leadership One Liner Stand
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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Believe Life Missing Myself People Pursue Sight
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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Coffee Community Connection Creation People Power Simplicity
My passion. My commitment. This is the most important thing in my life other than my family.
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Commitment Family Important Life Myself Passion
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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Beginning Culture Dreams Guide Principle Try Vision
The premium single-cup segment is the fastest-growing business within the global coffee industry.
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Business Coffee Fast Growth Industry
When companies fail, or fail to grow, it’s almost always because they don’t invest in the people, the systems, and the processes they need.
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Company Failure Growth Investment Need People System
You must find something that you deeply love and are passionate about and are willing to sacrifice a lot to achieve.
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Love Passion Sacrifice Willing Yourself
Always challenge the old ways.
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Challenge Old One Liner Way
At an early age, my mother gave me this feeling that anything is possible, and I believe that.
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Age Believe Early Feeling Inspirational Mom Myself Possible
Don’t be threatened by people smarter than you.
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People Smart Threat Yourself
We are not in the coffee business serving people, we are in the people business serving coffee.
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Business Coffee Company People Service
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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Difficult Fight Fragile Politics Situation Wake Up
I can’t imagine a day without coffee. I can’t imagine!
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Coffee Day Imagination Myself
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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Believe Job Myself Secret Smart Surround Talent

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