Kevin Sheehan has had a distinguished career as an author, producer, and award-winning entrepreneur. For twenty years, he has produced recordings, films, books, software, and retail environments that have helped change the way people manage and view culture, and the way they shape and share inspiration.

He is the founder of Hear Music, now Starbucks Hear Music ("The Sound of Starbucks"). Widely heralded for its important innovations, the company has played a unique role in redefining music retail for almost two decades. Elle magazine likened a visit to the original store to "dying and going to music heaven." National Public Radio wondered how the experience did not exist before 1992.

Sheehan has had the good fortune to work with a variety of creative partners, including the internationally acclaimed dance troupe La La Human Steps of Montreal, Canada, and the Haley House Men's Shelter of Boston, Massachusetts, which has developed an innovative bakery and café to train and re-employ people who have fallen on hard times. Sheehan is currently active in real estate and publishing in Massachusetts, and serves as a consultant to several nonprofit organizations.

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