Budding Business Mogul Mugs

Child's 'bottled water' stand.

Man selling get-rich-quick schemes for $10,000 each.

"And need I remind you, the 'art of the deal' is the lifeblood of this company."

Two children are running lemonade stands outside their home; one stand is more popular than the other.

'There's good news and bad news, J. B. - we now control 51% of this corporation's stock!'

Apart from your mother, who else thinks you're doing a good job as Chairman of the company?

'We're under capitalized. As soon as we reach the break even point we'll buy a lemon.'

"Jill Hamster's entrepreneurial disaster"

SALE

'Dog eat dog.'

'So, gentlemen, how's the dollar trading against the immortal soul, today?'

I need to set upmy own company.

"What's on my schedule today, Fred?"

'You can't put him out to pasture - he owns the pasture!'

"Did you hear that that bastard McMinney has buggered of to work for Bank of America!"

'My allowance isn't much - but I have a great benefits package!'

'Of course, the toll on my personal life has been enormous.'

Business school graduate trying to climb to the top of the world

'I'm sorry, sir, but our happy hour doesn't start for another fifteen minutes.'

"Leave Lou to me. I'll eat him and then you can run the company."

'There's a gentleman out here with $643 million. He would like to discuss a takeover.'

"Sinclair's not all he's cracked up to be. His reputation exceeds him."

'We're an international company, Mr. Zickenbarth. We've got creditors in more than 200 different countries!'

Dragon's den desk. 'I'm in' and 'I'm out' tray on desk.

Savory Types

"Well so much for our policy of putting the customer second!"

'I told you he's gonna be the next Warren Buffett!'

LEMONADE 50 CENTS, NOW HIRING, 'Okay, you're hired -- now, I want you to forget everything you learned in pre-school.'

'We're e-bankrupt.'

'Could you be more specific than a king's ransom or an arm and a leg.'

'We would deliver if we could cross the street.'

'I'm calling you out, account to account.'

"They grow up so quickly. It seems like only yesterday that he was in the third grade. Wait, it was yesterday!"

"A handshake is as good as a thirty-page contract, eh, Mr. Harrison?"

'Here's your lemonade and here's some descriptive literature about my franchising opportunities.'