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The Entrepreneurial Opportunity In America Is Alive And Well.

Effective Leaders Share Two Intertwined Attributes: An Unbridled Level Of Confidence About Where Their Organizations Are Headed, And The Ability To Bring People Along.

California, In A Sense, Is Almost Starbucks' Largest Country, With Almost 3,000 Stores.

I Think Starbucks Created A Platform And, Ultimately, A Runway For Many Other Companies To Emulate. I Suspect If We Had Not Achieved What We Have, There Would Have Been Many Regional Brands That Would Have Succeeded. But I'm Not Sure There Would Have Been A National Brand Of The Scope Of Starbucks.

The Companies That Are Lasting Are Those That Are Authentic.