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Howard Schultz
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 19
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Howard D. Schultz
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I think we are living in a time where the consumer has lots of choices, whether it's coffee, newspapers or whatever it is. And there is parity in the market place and as a result of that the consumer is beginning to make decisions, not just on what things cost and the convenience of it.
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Customers have different need states and life experiences.
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Sometimes you have to create the thing you want to be part of.
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To stay vigorous, a company needs to provide a stimulating and challenging environment for all these types: the dreamer, the entrepreneur, the professional manager, and the leader. If it doesn't, it risks becoming yet another mediocre corporation.
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Our history is based on extending the brand to categories within the guardrails of Starbucks.
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We can't wait for Washington. Business leaders are going to have to galvanize their own constituencies and do everything they can to demonstrate confidence in the economy, and I think that can be contagious.
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We are not in the coffee business serving people, we are in the people business serving coffee.
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To be an enduring, great company, you have to build a mechanism for preventing or solving problems that will long outlast any one individual leader.
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Success is best when it is shared.
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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.
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If Vancouver did not succeed as Starbucks from '87 on, our entire international business, which is now thousands of stores and a significant amount of growth and profit, may not have existed.
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I was working probably at the age of 10, when I had my first paper route. I had every different kind of job you could possibly imagine as a young kid.
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I think the currency of leadership is transparency. You've got to be truthful. I don't think you should be vulnerable every day, but there are moments where you've got to share your soul and conscience with people and show them who you are, and not be afraid of it.
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Passionate conviction ... sparks romances, wins battles, and drives people to pursue dreams others wouldn't dare. Belief in ourselves and in what is right catapults us over hurdles, and our lives unfold.
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California, in a sense, is almost Starbucks' largest country, with almost 3,000 stores.
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Grow with discipline. Balance intuition with rigor. Innovate around the core. Don't embrace the status quo.
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