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Published · transcript-backedHoward Schultz: evaluation
4 Jun 2024 Acquired Starbucks (with Howard Schultz)
“As a result, tens of thousands of stores have followed in our wake, and we created an employment industry that did not exist.”
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- Speaker
- Howard Schultz
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- evaluation
- Recorded
- 4 Jun 2024
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Starbucks (with Howard Schultz)
Transcript context
…Here’s one that we haven’t talked as much about. You were part of this secular trend of gourmet coffee. I’m curious if you view that to be a true statement or if you’re saying, no, we created this entire wave. It wasn’t going to happen. I don’t want to sound arrogant at all, but I think it’s so clear that Starbucks created an industry that did not exist. As a result, tens of thousands of stores have followed in our wake, and we created an employment industry that did not exist. Not to mention that 5 million is 5 million alum. That’s a lot of people who have gone on to do other things after.…
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