Managing A Business, Small Or Large, Today

Despite The Fact That Starbucks Has Grown To Be A Large Company. We've Always Played Music In Our Stores And Has Always Acted As An Opportunity To Create A Mood In Our Stores. And Customers Started Asking, "what Song Are You Playing And Can I Buy That?" . And We Said "no." And That Was Kind Of The Catalyst For Beginning To Look At Music. We Started Out With Our Own Compilations And After The Success Of That. We Had The Courage To Say, "let's Produce Our Own Record." And The First Record Was With Ray Charles Before He Unfortunately Passed Away.

Who Wants A Dream That's Near-fetched?

Always Challenge The Old Ways.

The Future Of America Is Not An Entitlement. We Have Been Given A Treasure Chest Of Gifts And Opportunities, But Some People Are Being Left Behind, And Success Is Not Sustainable Unless It Is Shared.

At Starbucks 0 As In Any Business, In Any Life - There Are So Many Hectic Moments During The Day When We Are Simply Trying To Do The Job, Trying To Put Out The Fires, Trying To Solve Any Number Of Small Problems, That We Often Lose Sight Of What It Is We're Really Here To Do.