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[Thinking made Easy] Successful Entrepreneur: Howard Schultz of Starbucks Corporation: Not only are Starbucks’ front-end employees the highest paid in the restaurant industry, Starbucks was the first to institute a benefits package for part-time employees, provide stock options for most of their workers, and offer a full week of paid training for every new member (Lumpkin, 2005). According to Schultz, Starbuck’s mission statement about treating people with respect and dignity is not just words but a creed we live by every day.

 [Drink And Beverage Recipes and News] a Q & a with Starbucks Ceo Howard Schultz: Back in 1987, when coffee entrepreneur Howard Schultz and a group of Seattle investors purchased Starbucks, the chain had just 11 stores.

[Financial Services - Investment Services] QUESTIONS & ANSWERS; What Starbucks’ CEO Has Brewing; Howard ...: On Wednesday, the UCLA Anderson School of Management handed Schultz its inaugural John Wooden Global Leadership Award, which will be given annually to a business leader who like Wooden, the legendary basketball coach, exhibits exemplary leadership.

 [Portfolio.com: All Articles Feed] Tall Order: The site’s webmaster, Jim Romenesko—a Starbucks junkie who also runs a popular site for media news—says that most postings about Schultz are positive. For instance, in January, Darleen recounted how she’d written to tell Schultz about her intrepid shift supervisor (even losing a baby hadn’t kept her from opening her store) and how Schultz had sent her tickets for four box seats at a Mets game.

 [Aylahbzshu26's Weblog] Starbucks!!!”¦: I drink coffee at Starbucks, and I like coffee, though I like the feel of comfortable when sitting in the shop rather than the coffer they offer. Starbucks has initiated legal action against a coffee shop in Shanghai, China using the Chinese Name of Starbuck brand, and I remember that Starbucks won the case.

 [Savvy Auntie] 20 Tips for the New Entrepreneur: Accidental Branding - How Ordinary People Build Extraordinary Brands by David Vinjamuri is also inspiring. And don’t forget, people like Howard Schultz (Starbucks) was an entrepreneur at one point too.

[Salute Friend] What’s After Starbucks?: As American culture degenerates further into becoming more and more sedentary, obese, isolated, on-line, and uninteresting, I wonder when would the pendulum swing far enough, that someone will get frustrated enough to start something new. A new place to “connect”, a new way to “enjoy”, and consequently a new way to “employ”…

[Gastronomy Blog] How to Stand Out? Try Authenticity!: The recipient of more than 30 patents and over 200 design awards, Vossoughi was named BusinessWeek's Entrepreneur of the Year in 1992. He continues to direct projects for clients including Nike, Microsoft, Xerox and Hewlett-Packard.

 [Get Rich Slowly] 50 Prosperity Classics in a Nutshell: I found, for example, that I really enjoy Starbucks lattes - about once a week. If I have them more often, they stop being a special treat.

[Tech blog] Merrill Lynch’s carbon bet: Sun, a former Internet entrepreneur, is frank about his motives. "The more hectares we manage, the more land we ”˜farm’ carbon on, the more coin we make," he says. "Our goal is to be the amazon.com of the Amazon. ...

 [Entrepreneur Daily] Starbucks Tests Free Refills and $1 Coffee: Starbucks has never been known for cheap coffee--that is, until now. Starbucks Corp. is testing $1 coffee and free refills in its hometown of Seattle. The smaller, "short" cup will sell for $1 and free refills will be offered for brewed ...

 [MY GLOBAL HUSTLE BLOG] YG’s Entrepreneur of the Week: Howard Schultz: Once they started selling breakfast sandwiches it was pretty clear there was a lost of strategic focus. Although I’m not a fan of Starbucks, I can respect Howard’s commitment 2 ensuring that his vision 4 Starbucks is “Built 2 Last”.

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