Tag Archives: Howard Schultz
Back in the Spotlight: CDFIs, Starbucks & Howard Schultz
Howard Schultz’s new book, From the Ground Up: A Journey to Reimagine the Promise of America, shines another bright spotlight on CDFIs, and to the Create Jobs for USA campaign that brought unprecedented attention to their work and more than $100 million of new CDFI financing to community businesses in 2011 and 2012. Released today, the book […]
Howard Schultz, Starbucks+CDFIs
Starbucks Chairman + CEO Howard Schultz announced this week that he is changing his role at the coffee company. He plans to concentrate on a new high-end business, large stores that are retail roasteries. It sounds like the cafe equivalent of microbreweries. The CDFI industry owes a lot to Schultz, who included CDFIs in Starbucks’ […]
