Do I Take Criticism Of Starbucks Personally?

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.

My Father Had A Series Of Blue-collar Jobs And Never Made More Than $20,000 A Year. When I Was Seven, He Got Injured On A Job. That Was A Very Important Point - Because Of The Injury, He Couldn't Walk, And The Company He Was Working For Did Not Pay Him. There Was No Compensation. So There Was No Money And No Food.

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 It Has To Be A Way Of Life.

Risk More Than Others Think Safe.

Great Companies Are Defined By Their Discipline And Their Understanding Of Who They Are And Who They Are Not.