More Than Anything Else, Technology Will Pave

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

I Conduct My Life With An Expectation That People Will Do The Right Thing. Yet Even With All My Experience, I Am Still Surprised When They Do Not.

Don't Buy Preground Coffee.

I Do Think - As Self-serving As It Sounds - That I Was The Right Person, Given The Very, Very Strong Headwind We Had From The Economy And Our Own Issues, To Come Back And Rewrite The Future Of The Company.

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.