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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz hadn't even started out in the coffee business; he was a Xerox salesman.
星巴克的CEO霍华德-舒尔茨甚至还没有开始做咖啡生意，他当时是施乐公司的销售员。
After graduating from Northern Michigan University, Schultz worked as a salesman for Xerox. His success there led a Swedish company named Hammerplast that made coffeemakers to recruit him at age 26.
从北密歇根大学毕业后，舒尔茨在施乐公司做一名销售员。他在施乐公司的成功吸引了一家名叫Hammerplast的制造咖啡机的瑞典公司的注意，他在26岁时进入了这家公司。
While working for that company, he encountered the first Starbucks outlets in Seattle, and went on to join the company atage 29.
在为这家公司工作期间，他在西雅图见到了第一家星巴克门店，并在29岁时加入了星巴克。
On his job in Xerox, Schultz writes in "Pour Your Heart Into It": "I learned more there than in college about the worlds of work and business. They trained me in sales, marketing, and presentation skills, and I walked out with a healthy sense of self-esteem. Xerox was a blue-chip pedigree company, and I got a lot of respect when I told others who my employer was ... But I can't say I ever developed a passion for word processors."
对于在施乐公司工作的这段经历，舒尔茨在《将心注入》中写道：“在那里我比在大学里学到了更多关于工作和经营的知识。我在销售、市场、演讲技巧等方面得到了训练，让我得到了自尊自信。施乐是一家一流的公司，当我告诉别人我在这家公司工作时会赢得很多尊重。但我对文字处理软件无法建立起热情。”
