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She waited until she was sure everyone had gone home for the weekend. Soon her office bore no sign that she had ever worked there. They would simply find her note on Monday and realize she was gone. She turned off the lights and drove out of the parking lot into the Michigan summer. In less than two decades, co-CEOs Bob Fish and Mike McFall had grown the coffee franchise from a single store near the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing to more than stores across nine states — and there was no end in sight.
Annual growth had hovered around 20 percent for a decade. In the mids Starbucks was a force on the rise, and Bob saw a market opportunity. He opened his first coffee shop on March 15, Shortly after that, Mike was hired as a barista and Bob heard that Mike might be a good candidate to manage a planned second location.
The two met to talk about the idea on a gorgeous spring day and decided to go for a walk rather than sit inside. Two hours later, they were no longer talking about Mike managing a second location; they were agreeing on terms for creating a new company committed to growing the brand. A handshake sealed the deal, and suddenly, they were partners.
At first blush, they seem like an odd couple. Bob is clean-shaven and wears a black T-shirt and jeans more days than not adding a hoodie when the temperature drops.
Mike strokes a full, well-groomed beard and is a fan of sport coats, loud pants, and louder socks. Bob grew up in a dozen places in Europe and beyond. Mike grew up in Milford, a small community in suburban Detroit. Mike loves sports, even inventing new ones like a devilishly fun variation of table tennis he calls sting pong.