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Hiring people is an art, not a science, and resumes can't tell you whether someone will fit into a company's culture.

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Howard Schultz
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 19
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Companies should not have a singular view of profitability. There needs to be a balance between commerce and social responsibility... The companies that are authentic about it will wind up as the companies that make more money.
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Whatever you do, don't play it safe. Don't do things the way they've always been done. Don't try to fit the system. If you do what's expected of you, you'll never accomplish more than others expect.
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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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Growing up I always felt like I was living on the other side of the tracks. I knew the people on the other side had more resources, more money, happier families.
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The challenge of the retail business is the human condition.
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Business leaders cannot be bystanders.
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We have no patent on anything we do and anything we do can be copied by anyone else. But you can't copy the heart and the soul and the conscience of the company.
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Everyone starts strong. Success comes to those with unwavering commitment to be at the end.
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I was taken by the power that savoring a simple cup of coffee can have to connect people and create community.
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If you want to achieve widespread impact and lasting value, be bold.
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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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The entrepreneurial opportunity in America is alive and well.
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You must find something that you deeply love and are passionate about and are willing to sacrifice a lot to achieve.
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Everyone must have a shot at the American Dream.
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California, in a sense, is almost Starbucks' largest country, with almost 3,000 stores.
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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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Starbucks is committed to evolving and enhancing our customer experience with innovative and wholesome food offerings.
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Most business people today are not going to invest in the uncertainty that exists in America.
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On balance, I am a supporter of the minimum wage going up. We've got to be very careful what we wish for because some employers - and there could be a lot of them - will be scared away from hiring new people or creating incremental hours for part-time people as a result of that wage going up.
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Cutting prices or putting things on sale is not sustainable business strategy. The other side of it is that you can't cut enough costs to save your way to prosperity.
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