Starbucks Has Changed The Rules Of Engagement

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.

Most Business People Today Are Not Going To Invest In The Uncertainty That Exists In America.

You Cant Build Any Kind Of Organization If Youre Not Going To Surround Yourself With People Who Have Experience And Skill Base Beyond Your Own.

I Never Wanted To Be On Any Billionaires List. I Never Define Myself By Net Worth. I Always Try To Define Myself By My Values.

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.