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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

The Evolving Social And Digital Media Platforms And Highly Innovative And Relevant Payment Capabilities Are Causing Seismic Changes In Consumer Behavior And Creating Equally Disruptive Opportunities For Business.

Starbucks Trying To Build A Different Kind Of Company Around The Balance Of Profitably And Benevolence. A Social Conscience. And That Isn't A Program It Has To Be A Way Of Life.

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I Think Starbucks Created A Platform And, Ultimately, A Runway For Many Other Companies To Emulate. I Suspect If We Had Not Achieved What We Have, There Would Have Been Many Regional Brands That Would Have Succeeded. But I'm Not Sure There Would Have Been A National Brand Of The Scope Of Starbucks.