Don't Buy Preground Coffee.

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.

If You Pour Your Heart Into Your Work, Or Into Any Worthy Enterprise, You Can Achieve Dreams Others May Think Impossible.

Early On I Realized That I Had To Hire People Smarter And More Qualified Than I Was In A Number Of Different Fields, And I Had To Let Go Of A Lot Of Decision-making. I Can't Tell You How Hard That Is. But If You've Imprinted Your Values On The People Around You, You Can Dare To Trust Them To Make The Right Moves.

Companies Should Not Have A Singular View Of Profitability. There Needs To Be A Balance Between Commerce And Social Responsibility... The Companies That Are Authentic About It Will Wind Up As The Companies That Make More Money.

I Honestly Never Dreamed At The Time That I Would One Day Own The Starbucks And Or Be In A Position Where We Would Have More Than 10,000 Stores Around The World. It Has Just Been An Incredible Journey For All Of Us.