Business Development Pillows

Old MacDonald had a startup.

"We need to rethink our strategy of hoping the Internet will just go away."

"I love your optimism."

"It's a swell offer, Brad, and you're a great guy, but I've just got out of a bad limited partnership, and I'm not ready for that kind of commitment yet."

Change, Change, Change, Change.

'Haskins, I'm sensing that you haven't embraced the true spirit of the leadership adventure weekend.'

'Make sure that those 'Ideas whose time has come', get launched today.'

"Okay, let me come at this question a different way: Does anybody here actually know how to sell anything?"

'Our most successful e-mail campaign was an offer to take customers off our e-mail list.'

"Now remember, you can fool some of the people all of the time. Those are the ones you need to concentrate on."

"Yes, that's our bathroom. We're a startup, so plumbing and running water is a luxury."

"Please, don't be scared, it's only an idea."

TEAM

Does your accountant share your enthusiasm for the future...We're fantastically excited about the new project!

'It's an exciting new synthesis of the classical sales approach and the miracle of direct mail.'

"When you put it like that, it makes complete sense."

"Miracles happen, gentlemen, but they don't come cheap."

'I feel confident about our presentation. If there is any blowback, don't worry. We're both wearing our flak jackets under our suits.'

'Obviously, I know a lot of weasel words, so I would be great in a business development role...'

'That'll teach him not to turn up without any referrals.'

'Should we open a casino in our hotel?'... 'It'll be a gamble.'

'If you want to be a great success, get yourself huge wads of money.'

Developing links within business.

The dream works when the team works

"We've invested too much in this whole thing to just go back to laying around on the rocks all day."

Convergence

"And that is where we started to focus on customer care."

"That 'give it away free' strategy certainly worked well."

'Sanders, our numbers on google are slipping, let's pump up the keywords.'

'Williams, we're not used to receiving such excellent ideas as these, so we'd like to tone them down a bit.'

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

'With my marketing savvy this place would be gold.'

Developers at small African village.

"In the marketplace of ideas, we may not have the best ideas, but we have the best marketing."

"I'm not looking forward to telling the 300 salesmen we're going to start selling on the internet."