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Ben & David 'pour over' the 1992 IPO of the legendary Seattle coffee company with the help of Dan Levitan who served as lead investment banker on the IPO and who would later co-found the venture capital firm Maveron with Starbucks’ CEO Howard Schultz.



Topics covered include:

 * The original Starbucks’ founding as a coffee bean roaster started by three disciples of the legendary coffee roaster Alfred Peet
 * Howard Schultz’s introduction to Starbucks his joining the team as director of mar

Episode 34: The Starbucks IPO with Dan Levitan

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