We think of Starbucks not as a coffee company but a media company.

The premium single-cup segment is the fastest-growing business within the global coffee industry.

Success is something that has to be earned every day.

I was taken by the power that savoring a simple cup of coffee can have to connect people and create community.

The entrepreneurial opportunity in America is alive and well.

My father had a series of blue-collar jobs and never made more than $20,000 a year. When I was seven, he got injured on a job. That was a very important point - because of the injury, he couldn't walk, and the company he was working for did not pay him. There was no compensation. So there was no money and no food.

On balance, I am a supporter of the minimum wage going up. We've got to be very careful what we wish for because some employers - and there could be a lot of them - will be scared away from hiring new people or creating incremental hours for part-time people as a result of that wage going up.