Humanity In A Coffee Cup

What Starbucks’ Business Model Can Teach Us About Our Humanity

Abhishek Kothari
5 min readJan 21, 2019
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When you work you fulfill a part of earth’s furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born, And what is it to work with love? It is to weave the cloth with threads drawn from your heart, even as if your beloved were to wear that cloth. It is to build a house with affection, even as if your beloved were to dwell in that house.It is to sow seeds with tenderness and reap the harvest with joy, even as if your beloved were to eat the fruit.It is to charge all things you fashion with a breath of your own spirit. Work is love made visible — Khalil Gibran

Capitalism has always been about funny business. It is funny because if i told you business can teach you a lot about humanity, you would laugh. Business is ultimately more human than most people tend to give it credit for. Think about the last time you met your banker or relationship manager and they made you feel special by remembering your

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Abhishek Kothari

Futurist@The Intersection of Finance, Tech & Humanity. Stories of a Global Language: “Money”. Contributor @ Startup Grind, HackerNoon, HBR