The Companies That Are Lasting Are Those

If It Captures Your Imagination, It Will Captivate Others.

There's A Metaphor Vincent Eades Likes To Use: "if You Examine A Butterfly According To The Laws Of Aerodynamics, It Shouldn't Be Able To Fly. But The Butterfly Doesn't Know That, So It Flies.

Despite The Fact That Starbucks Has Grown To Be A Large Company. We've Always Played Music In Our Stores And Has Always Acted As An Opportunity To Create A Mood In Our Stores. And Customers Started Asking, "what Song Are You Playing And Can I Buy That?" . And We Said "no." And That Was Kind Of The Catalyst For Beginning To Look At Music. We Started Out With Our Own Compilations And After The Success Of That. We Had The Courage To Say, "let's Produce Our Own Record." And The First Record Was With Ray Charles Before He Unfortunately Passed Away.

Success Is Best When Its Shared

We Can't Wait For Washington. Business Leaders Are Going To Have To Galvanize Their Own Constituencies And Do Everything They Can To Demonstrate Confidence In The Economy, And I Think That Can Be Contagious.