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Starbucks (with Howard Schultz)

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All right. We rolling? We're rolling. We get to see how you guys do this. It's kinda interesting. Usually a pump up music, but I feel pumped up. We can do that. We got turntables. Ooh. I saw your turntable. That's beautiful. What do you want to hear?

No, we're starting. Ben's keeping us on track. Who got the truth? Is it you, is it you, is it you Who we got the truth now? Is it you, is it you, is it you? Down, say it straight.

Another story Welcome to season fourteen, episode five of Acquired, the podcast about great companies and the stories and playbooks behind them. I'm Ben Gilbert. I'm David Rosenthal. And we are your hosts. Seven years ago, David and I did an episode on the Starbucks IPO.

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