DEAR FOUNDER. Copyright © 2018 by Maynard Webb. Foreword copyright © by Howard Schultz. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

www.stmartins.com

Cover design by Jonathan Bush

The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Names: Webb, Maynard, 1955– author. | Adler, Carlye, author.

Title: Dear founder: letters of advice for anyone who leads, manages, or wants to start a business / Maynard Webb, with Carlye Adler.

Description: New York: St. Martin’s Press, [2018] | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018013472 | ISBN 9781250195647 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250202505 (international sold outside the U.S. subject to rights availability) | ISBN 9781250195654 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: New business enterprises. | Leadership. | Entrepreneurship.

Classification: LCC HD62.5 .W4198 2018 | DDC 658—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018013472

eISBN 9781250195654

Our ebooks may be purchased in bulk for promotional, educational, or business use. Please contact the Macmillan Corporate and Premium Sales Department at 1-800-221-7945, extension 5442, or by email at MacmillanSpecialMarkets@macmillan.com.

First Edition: September 2018