Hubs loves a good cup of coffee, especially an icy cold one from Starbucks. Whenever we travel, we would always try to look out for a Starbucks café and spend some time there. Just sitting and enjoy some quiet time.
Perhaps not a lot of people know Starbucks was built from a six-stores café in Seattle about 26 years ago.
Many years ago, when I was going through some career changes and was wondering through a bookstore, I came across a book about Starbucks. It talks about “how Starbucks built a company one cup at a time”.
The book gives an account of how Howard Schultz poured his heart into building a humane company that always puts the employees first, and never leave anyone behind. The book also talks about his perseverance, vision and unbeatable spirit in realising his dream; despite being born to a less than wealthy family.
The writing style is fluid; nothing like a business book with tons of technical jargons. Mr. Schultz told a good story with his co-writer, Dori Jones Yang.
Read this book when you have doubts about what you intend to pursue. Read it if you need encouragement from an entrepreneur, who is where he is today because of he fought a good battle for his belief and vision.
The book is available in Singapore National Library for a loan.
Or, if you want to add it to your collection, check out the book at Book Depository or Amazon. Remember to include the shipping cost for better comparison!
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