Howard Schultz, can I call you Howard?
Talks about the "future of Starbucks
with the change in logo's this year.
but it's time I clear up the confusion of one key thing....
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I call Starbucks "my second office" because it's the environment to conduct business.
In Canada, Tim Horton's is not so much coffee as it is a religion ( "double double? Amen" )
I used to drive 100,000km a year for work in the 90's
It's what kept me alive ( Extra large, 2 cream, 7 sugars )
And Second Cup, Timothy's and other brands are good at coffee meets comfort.But Starbucks is to coffee what Lexus is to Toyota, Range Rover to Ford.
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So, get your coffee from wherever it tastes best to you. Snobbery aside, McCafe and the big M is quickly catching up to my beloved Tim's as the cup of choice on the runbut when it comes to networking.....
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PPs. My last tip is that I give my Starbucks card to the Barista in charge when I'm meeting someone I don't want to fight over who pays. One nod when I approach the counter - and I win. Every time.
So true!
ReplyDeleteCase and point: Regina only has one Starbucks restaurant, it's in Chapters, kind of in a run-down suburban mall. I stepped off the airplane and was there about two hours later the very first day of living in this city. I instantly ran into two business contacts. It was a Saturday.
The real networking hub here is Atlantis Coffee, but still agree with your point, it's the atmosphere, not the specific coffee. Atlantis has a great version of the traditional SB layout too and it's always worth having a business card in your pocket there.
The only issue I have with Starbucks for networking is I hate having to walk over to another (often crowded) counter to pick up the drink and then on to another counter to get milk/sugar/etc. - it's awkward in that initial moment of meeting a new person.
Christina