Culture Quote by Howard Schultz

I didn't understand the culture and what Starbucks was really about. It wasn't a coffee shop. It was really a way of life... we…

— Alan Patricof

“There is a word that comes to my mind when I think about our company and our people. That word is 'love.' I love…

— Howard Schultz

When I returned as CEO in 2008, Starbucks had forgotten that meaningful innovations balance an organization's heritage with modern-day relevance and market differentiation, so…

— Howard Schultz

The success of the Starbucks has been based on this balance between profitability and a social conscience. Everywhere we're doing business, were trying to…

— Howard Schultz

People have come to me over the years and said to me: 'I admire the culture of Starbucks. Can you come give a speech…

— Howard Schultz

Starbucks was founded around the experience and the environment of their stores. Starbucks was about a space with comfortable chairs, lots of power outlets,…

— Simon Sinek

Starbucks being an extension of peoples home and work. The sense of community, human connection. That appears to be as relevant in Turkey, China,…

— Howard Schultz

“Pretty quickly, I stopped seeing the company as an engine of community. Instead, I saw it as a mythmaker offering only an illusion of…

— Bryant Simon

Starbucks trying to build a different kind of company around the balance of profitably and benevolence. A social conscience. And that isn't a program…

— Howard Schultz

Before it became a ubiquitous part of urban life, Starbucks was, in most American cities, a radically new idea.

— Virginia Postrel

I think Starbucks created a platform and, ultimately, a runway for many other companies to emulate. I suspect if we had not achieved what…

— Howard Schultz

Starbucks has a role and a meaningful relationship with people that is not only about the coffee.

— Howard Schultz