Inside Starbucks’ $35MM mission to make brand evangelists of its front-line workers. [marketing / culture / work life / inspiration]I used to work at Starbucks in college as a barista. It was one of the best parts of my college experience. (I’m lookin’ at you, Rach!) And when I left school and started working in advertising in NYC, I couldn’t stop comparing these massive brands to Starbucks, thinking how much they could learn. This article shows how Starbucks values continuing education, collaboration and passion. And how that helps their company.   High-res

Inside Starbucks’ $35MM mission to make brand evangelists of its front-line workers. 
[marketing / culture / work life / inspiration]

I used to work at Starbucks in college as a barista. It was one of the best parts of my college experience. (I’m lookin’ at you, Rach!) And when I left school and started working in advertising in NYC, I couldn’t stop comparing these massive brands to Starbucks, thinking how much they could learn. This article shows how Starbucks values continuing education, collaboration and passion. And how that helps their company.  

Source Fast Company

Learn to Code in 2012.CodeAcademy is a free, interactive website which will teach you how to code. Each week, they send an email with a link to weekly exercises which you complete much like a typing game. The lessons themselves are game-like and almost addictive. I’m betting that by 2015, many grads will come out of school knowing how to code - Don’t get left behind! High-res

Learn to Code in 2012.
CodeAcademy is a free, interactive website which will teach you how to code. Each week, they send an email with a link to weekly exercises which you complete much like a typing game. The lessons themselves are game-like and almost addictive. I’m betting that by 2015, many grads will come out of school knowing how to code - Don’t get left behind!