Starbucks co-founder: 'We thought we'd have a couple of stores'

Zev Siegl on kickstarting the coffee movement, why he has no regrets about leaving the company, and his passion for mentoring startups

My friends Gordon Bowker, Jerry Baldwin and I used to throw around terrific ideas for businesses; we wanted to make a change in our lives [Siegl was a history teacher] and do something that could have impact and be meaningful. We began meeting every few weeks to kick around ideas and one day when we were having lunch we ordered an espresso, which turned out to be really bad.

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Source: Guardian