Howard Schultz Zitate auf Englisch

Seite 2

The hardest thing about being a leader is demonstrating or showing vulnerability... When the leader demonstrates vulnerability and sensibility and brings people together, the team wins.

Howard Schultz

I think there is probably no better person to aspire to emulate than Steve Jobs and what he has done at Apple in terms of his leadership, his innovation, not settling for mediocrity.

Howard Schultz

I could've just walked away but I never could have forgiven myself to allow Starbucks to drift into mediocrity or not be relevant. I just couldn't be a bystander.

Howard Schultz

We think of Starbucks not as a coffee company but a media company.

Howard Schultz

When it comes to Starbucks, I take every threat very personally.

Howard Schultz

Do I take criticism of Starbucks personally? Of course I do.

Howard Schultz

The Starbucks customer and the Teavana customer are two very different customers, two different need states that are highly complimentary.

Howard Schultz

Social and digital media is a bullet train, and that bullet train is not coming home.

Howard Schultz

When I first discovered in the early 1980s the Italian espresso bars in my trip to Italy, the vision was to re-create that for America - a third place that had not existed before. Starbucks re-created that in America in our own image; a place to go other than home or work. We also created an industry that did not exist: specialty coffee.

Howard Schultz

I'm much more concerned about America than the Democratic Party.

Howard Schultz

When you start a company, it's a singular focus. You have the wind at your back.

Howard Schultz

Often, organizations need bold, grand gestures to galvanize people towards a new mission or refocus their attention.

Howard Schultz

The future of America is not an entitlement. We have been given a treasure chest of gifts and opportunities, but some people are being left behind, and success is not sustainable unless it is shared.

Howard Schultz

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.

Howard Schultz

Managing a business, small or large, today requires an extremely disciplined, thoughtful approach with regard to the pressure that people are under.

Howard Schultz

The lifeblood of job creation in America is small business, but they can't get access to credit.

Howard Schultz

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.

Howard Schultz

We live in an age where everything is based on the short term.

Howard Schultz

As Americans, there are very few things we have confidence in.

Howard Schultz

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.

Howard Schultz

London, a city where creativity and innovation have always flourished, provides a significant home for Starbucks and a significant gateway into Europe.

Howard Schultz

Don't buy preground coffee.

Howard Schultz

I was born on the other side of the tracks, in public housing in Brooklyn, New York. My dad never made more than $20,000 a year, and I grew up in a family that lost health insurance. So I was scarred at a young age with understanding what it was like to watch my parents lose access to the American dream.

Howard Schultz

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

Customers have different need states and life experiences.

Howard Schultz

Americans reading the paper, listening to the news every single day, and all you hear is things are getting worse and worse. And that has a psychological effect on consumer confidence. That's what consumer confidence is.

Howard Schultz

Great opportunities can be and have been created during tough economic times.

Howard Schultz