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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. "
Howard Schultz
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You
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" I am concerned about any attrition in customer traffic at Starbucks, but I don't want to use the economy, commodity prices or consumer confidence as an excuse. We must maintain a value proposition to our customers as well as differentiate the Starbucks Experience. That is the key. "
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" Risk more than others think safe. "
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" Managing and navigating through a financial crisis is no fun at all. "
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" Care more than others think wise. "
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" At an early age, my mother gave me this feeling that anything is possible, and I believe that. "
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" People ask me what's the most important function when you're starting an organization or setting up the kind of culture and values that are going to endure. The discipline I believe so strongly in is H.R., and its the last discipline that gets funded. "
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" You can't build any kind of organization if you're not going to surround yourself with people who have experience and skill base beyond your own. "
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" I never took classic business classes in college, so I don't have the background that any of the people running large companies have. "
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" Our history is based on extending the brand to categories within the guardrails of Starbucks. "
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" It's ironic that no matter where I go, I meet people from Brooklyn. I'm proud of that heritage. It's where I'm from, who I am. "
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" Beverages have to be created. And they're created by looking at what trend is in, say, the fashion industry - what color's hot right now. "
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" Even though people are under economic pressure, they still want to support those brands with values that are compatible with their own. "
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Want
" With a population of more than 600 million people, an emerging middle class that is driving strong consumption, and a robust and resilient economy, Southeast Asia presents a compelling growth opportunity for Starbucks. "
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" Dream more than others think practical. "
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" Starbucks is not an advertiser; people think we are a great marketing company, but in fact we spend very little money on marketing and more money on training our people than advertising. "
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Training
" I can't imagine a day without coffee. I can't imagine! "
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Coffee
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" We woke up one day, and all the sudden Starbucks was in the middle of this political crossfire between the people who want to bring a gun into Starbucks and the people who want to prevent it. It is a very difficult, fragile situation. "
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Day
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" My mother taught me something at a young age - she said 'you are the company you keep'. To define yourself by some label or some level of resources - that's pretty shallow. "
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" I think growth covers up mistakes. "
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" Starbucks represents something beyond a cup of coffee. "
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" The Starbucks customer and the Teavana customer are two very different customers, two different need states that are highly complimentary. "
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" Profitability is a shallow goal if it doesn't have a real purpose, and the purpose has to be share the profits with others. "
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" Starbucks has changed the rules of engagement for the music industry. "
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" I'm in a different position than most CEO's. I'm a founder. I'm not a hired CEO. Now, I can be fired by the board, but most CEO's are hired by the board. "
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" I think what we're lacking in society, not only in the U.S. but also around the world, is to find heroes once again and to celebrate these kind of people. "
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" The growth of the company and the license that Starbucks has is to participate in other food and beverage opportunities. We have a global business... and in many parts of the world, tea is much, much bigger than coffee, and we're going to bring tea and bring our capability and our understanding of what we've done for coffee to tea. "
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" Turning a culture around is very difficult to do because it's based on a series of many, many decisions, and the organization is framed by those decisions. "
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" Anybody can leverage celebrity for profit. "
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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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