GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sergey Brin, Small Business, Specialty Coffee

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Sui Sui

Document Summary

How does one start a new venture business development. Sale of more than billion on china"s shingles". Began in january 1996 as research project by. Larry page and sergey brin when they were both phd students at stanford. First starbucks opened in seattle 1971 by three partners: english teacher jerry baldwin, history teacher, zev siegl and writer gordon bowker. In 1984, the original owners sold starbucks chain to entrepreneur howard schultz. Roddick (1942-2007) opened her own shop back in the uk in 1976. Company was one of the first to prohibit use of ingredients tested on animals and one of the first to promote fair trade with third world countries. Sold all sorts of crazy things: earthworms farm, garage sales, button-making, pizza shop etc. June 2010, hsieh released delivering happiness: a path to profits, passion and purpose. Ryerson alum, founder of damn heels: save women from our beloved damn heels.