Some of Seattle’s tech leaders have been doing their best to get the word out about the region’s artificial intelligence prowess. Laxman Narasimhan, the new Starbucks CEO, has clearly gotten… Read More
Howard Schultz has stepped down as interim CEO of Starbucks, handing the reins to incoming CEO Laxman Narasimhan a couple weeks earlier than previously expected. In a letter to company… Read More
Starbucks is directing corporate employees to return to the office a minimum of three days a week, saying that it’s time to “rebuild and revive the energy” of its headquarters… Read More
Starbucks Rewards members will be able to earn and purchase collectable digital stamps, then buy and sell them in a marketplace with other members of the loyalty program, through an… Read More
Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson, a longtime tech exec who led the coffee giant since 2017, will retire next month, the company announced Wednesday. Howard Schultz will return as CEO in… Read More
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is launching a free online learning program designed to help small businesses gain the necessary skills to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Called BackTo.Biz, the… Read More
For all the remembrances tied to the passing of Bill Gates Sr., who died Monday at age 94, perhaps no story is more surprising or entertaining than one told over… Read More
Dutchie, the Bend, Ore.-based creators of an e-commerce platform that helps cannabis dispensaries facilitate online orders, has raised $35 million in new funding, with backing from the likes of former… Read More
As negotiations to reach a deal on a coronavirus aid package stall and restart in Washington, D.C., more than 100 leaders of businesses big and small are urging politicians to… Read More
Howard Schultz, the former Starbucks CEO, appeared on CNBC this morning to discuss the Schultz Family Foundation’s role in launching a new $4 million fund to provide cash payments to… Read More
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz will end his bid for the White House. Schultz posted a letter to supporters on his website explaining the decision not to run for president… Read More
Howard Schultz is putting his presidential campaign on hold, in the latest signal that the coffee mogul’s 2020 bid is losing steam. Schultz told supporters he will take the summer… Read More
Mike Develin, a former Instagram and Facebook analytics chief, has left Howard Schultz’s team just five months after he was hired. Develin’s LinkedIn page notes that he is currently “taking… Read More
A Florida woman is suing former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz in federal court in Seattle, claiming that his team sent unsolicited text messages to voters in alleged violation of federal… Read More
Howard Schultz, the coffee mogul contemplating an independent run for the White House, is staffing up his tech team with heavy-hitters in the latest hint that he’s preparing to formally… Read More
As CEO of Starbucks, Howard Schultz grew his company alongside another massive Seattle-based corporation: Amazon. The two ambitious companies took different paths to dominance. Starbucks set out to open a… Read More
On Thursday, Howard Schultz delivered his first public address since announcing he is considering running for president, spending most of the 30-minute speech blaming party politics for America’s problems. The… Read More
Howard Schultz took a lot of heat this week after announcing that he’s seriously considering running for president in 2020 as a “centrist independent” candidate. But his confidence has not… Read More
Howard Schultz might as well have named his latest book, “I am running for president. And this is why you should vote for me.” If you’re remotely curious about what’s… Read More
As CEO of Starbucks, Howard Schultz got into the habit of signing his memos to employees, “Onward, Howard.” The sign-off, which was also the title of Schultz’s 2011 book, reflected… Read More
Update: Schultz tweeted that he is”seriously considering” a presidential bid. I love our country, and I am seriously considering running for president as a centrist independent. — Howard Schultz (@HowardSchultz)… Read More
Howard Schultz had just returned from a trip to Poland, where he had a sobering experience at the Auschwitz concentration camp. At the time, he was on the eBay board of… Read More
The average Joe may sometimes like his coffee black, but it’s never strictly red or blue. Starbucks has built itself into a global coffee giant with a bipartisan customer base.… Read More
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A year after handing over the reins to new CEO Kevin Johnson, long-time Starbucks leader Howard Schultz is stepping down from his role of executive chair of the company’s board.… Read More
Howard Schultz passed the keys to Kevin Johnson on Wednesday at Starbucks’ 25th annual shareholders meeting in Seattle. Schultz, who will step down in April after nine years as CEO, told shareholders that he’s kept… Read More
Starbucks’ high-tech hometown of Seattle has had a lasting impression on the coffee giant that’s visible at locations around the world. The company has always been quick to innovate and… Read More
Coffee giant Starbucks will join the growing wave of companies using artificial intelligence and chatbots to supplement human employees, planning to unveil today what it calls an “innovative conversational ordering system” for… Read More
Howard Schultz will be replaced as Starbucks CEO by longtime technology executive Kevin Johnson, a veteran of Microsoft and other tech companies. We discuss the implications of that change — and… Read More
Under an image of an American flag flying above his company’s corporate headquarters in Seattle, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz addressed partners in a post-election post on Tuesday, admitting that he,… Read More