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And the Secret Ingredient is…
Bought this today in a drugstore. Is it me, or does it seem that Duane Reed pharmacies are multiplying like Starbucks?
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Aye, Mr Starbuck. Ai-ai-ai-ya-i.
I’ve pretty much settled into a way of working with dead tree books. It works as follows: I carry a pack of tiny little post-its in my pocket. When I find an interesting quote I put a postit on the...
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Wha-what’s happening? I’m losing the crowd. Down to 201 “friends”.
It could be the obscure Mat Groening references, or the photos, or maybe the cubicle monkey. I don’t know, but continuing posting junk as planned. Here, at Deadprogrammer Light Industries we stopped...
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Still Round The Corner There May Wait A Restaurant or a Hidden Starbucks
Advertising might be the engine of commerce, but there is a surprising number of NYC businesses are hidden inside skyscrapers with almost no indication of them on the outside. For instance, me and my...
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How the Starbucks Siren Became Less Naughty
[update] Starbucks logo changes again. You are probably here because you looked closely at the Starbucks logo and were a little confused about what is depicted on it. Is it a mermaid? What are those...
View ArticleWhat It’s All About?
I recently picked up “It’s Not About the Coffee: Leadership Principles from a Life at Starbucks”. As you might know, I am a bit of coffee coin-a-sewer, owning a $2000 espresso machine and such. You...
View ArticleThe Gospel According to Starbucks: Living with a Grande Passion
Introducing the life you’d gladly stand in line for You don’t stand in line at Starbucks® just to buy a cup of coffee. You stop for the experience surrounding the cup of coffee.Too many of us line up...
View ArticlePour Your Heart into It : How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time
Since 1987, Starbucks’s star has been on the rise, growing from 11 Seattle, WA-based stores to more than 1,000 worldwide. Its goals grew, too, from the more modest, albeit fundamental one of offering...
View ArticleHow Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone...
In his fifties, Michael Gates Gill had it all: a big house in the suburbs, a loving family, and a top job at an ad agency with a six-figure salary. By the time he turned sixty, he had lost everything...
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