I Never Wanted To Be On Any

It's Ironic That No Matter Where I Go, I Meet People From Brooklyn. I'm Proud Of That Heritage. It's Where I'm From, Who I Am.

When We Love Something, Emotion Often Drives Our Actions. This Is The Gift And The Challenge Entrepreneurs Face Every Day. The Companies We Dream Of And Build From Scratch Are Part Of Us And Intensely Personal. They Are Our Families. Our Lives. But The Entrepreneurial Journey Is Not For Everyone. Yes, The Highs Are High And The Rewards Can Be Thrilling. But The Lows Can Break Your Heart. 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

I Think What We're Lacking In Society, Not Only In The U.s. But Also Around The World, Is To Find Heroes Once Again And To Celebrate These Kind Of People.

When I First Discovered In The Early 1980s The Italian Espresso Bars In My Trip To Italy, The Vision Was To Re-create That For America - A Third Place That Had Not Existed Before. Starbucks Re-created That In America In Our Own Image; A Place To Go Other Than Home Or Work. We Also Created An Industry That Did Not Exist: Specialty Coffee.

The Response To The Starbucks Brand Has Been Phenomenal In Our International Markets.