by jim muehlhausen | Oct 3, 2011 | create jobs for us, Howard Schultz, Public Companies, Starbucks, Success Stories
Hats off to Howard Schultz, chairman of Starbucks. Schultz announced that starting Nov. 1, Starbucks will collect donations of $5 or more from customers to help job growth in the U.S. With this “Jobs for USA” program, Schultz is collaborating with the...
by jim muehlhausen | Jun 14, 2010 | Starbucks, Uncategorized
One has to wonder if the once-vaunted Starbucks business model is in decay. For many years, Starbucks has relied on the overall customer experience as their defacto advertising. Now, Starbucks is engaged in an old-fashioned television, radio, and newspaper media...
by jim muehlhausen | Jun 1, 2010 | Business Model Design, Business Model Secrets, Night Club Business Model, Panera Bread, Public Companies, Starbucks, Success Stories
The Freemium business model is sweeping the technology world. The simplest explanation of the Freemium business model is giving away a lite version of the product at no charge. In many freemium business models, approximately ten percent of the free users upgrade to...
