What’s Howard’s end? Former Starbucks CEO is ripping Washington state again
Schultz says Washington’s economic council lacks startup voices and urges leaders to protect companies like Stoke Space and expand apprenticeship pipelines.
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'It's how you thread the needle': KIRO hosts weigh former Starbucks CEO's warning that WA is driving out entrepreneurs
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz warned Washington could lose the next generation of entrepreneurs because of higher business taxes, a struggling education system, and economic policies that favor massive technology companies over smaller startups, in a recent op-ed in The Wall Street Journal. KIRO fill-in host Angela Poe Russell defended Schultz as a credible messenger, arguing his move to Florida actually makes him more trustworthy on the i…
What’s Howard’s end? Former Starbucks CEO is ripping Washington state again
For the second time in the past 60 days, former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has penned an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal that takes direct aim at the state’s political leadership, calling Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson “inept” and noting that Gov. Bob Ferguson continues to “burden businesses with one tax increase after another.”
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