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Who wants a dream that's near-fetched?

Howard Schultz

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Howard Schultz
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 19
Businessman
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Entrepreneur
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Brooklyn
New York
Howard D. Schultz
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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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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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Starbucks is rekindling America's love affair with coffee, bringing romance and fresh flavor back to the brew.
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Overnight the digital age had changed the course of history for our company. Everything that we thought was in our control no longer was. But within a year we had invested in social media and digital experts. Now Starbucks is the number one brand on Facebook.
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The entrepreneurial opportunity in America is alive and well.
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Any business today that embraces the status quo as an operating principle is going to be on a death march.
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In the 1960s, if you introduced a new product to America, 90% of the people who viewed it for the first time believed in the corporate promise. Then 40 years later if you performed the same exercise, less than 10% of the public believed it was true. The fracturing of trust is based on the fact that the consumer has been let down.
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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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Risk more than others think safe.
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Sometimes the difference between winning and losing is will. The will to make it happen.
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Customers have different need states and life experiences.
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But when you really believe-in yourself, in your dream-you just have to do everything you possibly can to take control and make your vision a reality. No great achievement happens by luck.
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Starbucks has a role and a meaningful relationship with people that is not only about the coffee.
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