Business Dreamers Pillows

'I don't know what happened... my cousin in Southern California became a millionaire with the exact same business!'

Failed Alliance.

Bricks for sale, some assembly required.

"We'll up your medication and with any luck your delusions should significantly reduce!"

"Had last year's next great idea."

'I'm sure that one wasn't there last week.'

"These projections don't make sparkles shoot out my ass."

"We're a very small international conglomerate."

"He might not have got the job with Google, but they weren't going to stop Brian skateboarding to the office."

"There's your son's heartbeat, and over here is the app he's developing."

Lemonade Inc.

'You're close, Spencer, but usually a business plan is a little more involved!'

Like many of those in tribicles, Mitch dreamed of one day moving up to the real deal.

'Ideas.com' desk with a 'come' tray and a 'gone' tray.

Computer Hitching a Ride to Silicon Valley

"I want to make it before I hit thirty."

Money Plant.

Lemonade Stand With Free Wi-Fi

"I just need help getting started. A little seed money."

"When I grow up, I'm going to be a suit."

'I begin to question whether this startup ever had venture capital.'

S.S.dot.com

"We'll analyze the only thing left to analyze: what people throw away."

"Being my own boss sounds fun but I wouldn't be able to motivate myself."

'I want to see more blue sky thinking.'

"You're just gaming down there? Shouldn't you be issuing your first IPO for some billion dollar internet enterprise you've created?"

"If I've got to work for a tyrant . . . I may as well work for myself."

'Keep repeating to yourself: I am a high flyer, I will not dive for the salmon.'

"I spent hundreds of dollars on a course for entrepreneurs then found out the fire in my belly was acid reflux."

"Every single day, guys ask you for advice about women, work, sports... Haven't you ever even heard of the law of supply and demand?. . .I'd be glad to steer the downtrodden and the forlorn your way for a mere 82% of the man-to-man-talk fee."

"Let's all sing our theme song: 'I Love Venture Capital'."

"No I wouldn't say you're ahead of your time. More like 'outside of it'."

'McWit Plumbing and Lite Puff Pastries.' The only way to survive in today's economy it's good to diversify.'

"It's not that I'm lazy. But I envisage myself not so much climbing the corporate ladder, as taking the corporate elevator."

And so, Rudy unwittingly became an investor in The Infant Restaurant Critic. At first, he was furious having lost his weekly paycheck. But then it dawned on him: He was back in the dot-com game – for the first time in 20 years. He was practically a venture capitalist! I'm a social media investor. It's a multi-platform play with, obviously, huge mobile capability, global reach, soaring audience share. Revenue model? What? Huh? Beat it.