The Entrepreneurial Opportunity In America Is Alive

Everyone Must Have A Shot At The American Dream.

My Parents Really Wanted Me To Get Out Of New York, Be Exposed To Other People, Other Ways Of Life.

When We Began Starbucks, What I Wanted To Try To Do Was To Create A Set Of Values, Guiding Principles, And Culture.

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.

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.