We are not in the coffee business serving people, we are in the people business serving coffee.
HOWARD SCHULTZAuthentic brands don’t emerge from marketing cubicles or advertising agencies. They emanate from everything the company does.
More Howard Schultz Quotes
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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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Great 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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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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China traditionally has been a tea-drinking country but we turned them into coffee drinkers.
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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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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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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.
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I conduct my life with an expectation that people will do the right thing. Yet even with all my experience, I am still surprised when they do not.
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In this ever-changing society, the most powerful and enduring brands are built from the heart.
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I can’t imagine a day without coffee. I can’t imagine!
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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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Success is empty if you arrive at the finish line alone.
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Hiring people is an art, not a science, and resumes can’t tell you whether someone will fit into a company’s culture.
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The hardest thing about being a leader is demonstrating or showing vulnerability. And that has a lot to do with trust.
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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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