Business Growth Pillows

Growth vs Sustainability.

'Though we must innovate, and though we must grow, we must never lose sight of our core mediocrities.'

'It seems every time my business grows so does my paperwork!'

'We owe the sharp increase in our stock price to leveraging the Internet to create a global footprint. Of course, some creative accounting helped.'

One man's obstacle is another man's stepping stone.

'Gentlemen-the sweets smell of success!'

Building a company.

Upward Progress

'It seems every time my business grows so does my paperwork!'

'Most of our success this year is due to using the cloud.'

'I want go-getters, not people who are satisfied with the status quo!'

"Here's a chart of a hypothetical $10,000 invested in our fund, as opposed to spending it on wine, women and song."

"Why do you always assume I'm going down?"

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

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

Businesswoman Empowerment

'We invest so much money in training staff...it's a mystery to me why businesses would risk losing them.'

'It's only a hunch, but I think everybody bought everything they needed, last time.'

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

"I'm afraid 'It's a surprise', doesn't cut it as a growth strategy."

Large Dollar Sign Office Block

'I've decided to centralize my operations. Everything will be in my ipad.'

"In recognition of last month's little upward blip, I suggest we allow ourselves a spontaneous victory fist bump."

Or as I prefer to call it, the 'feel-good' factor.

"We're experienced an extraordinary amount of growth this year."

'And I'm happy to say, that since the merger...'

'We're finding out that those 'wrongs' we made 'right' were actually right after all.'

'Well the good news is that we've landed some huge contracts in China!'

'He's so rich, when he writes a cheque the bank bounces.'

"That's Paul, he's our head of partnerships..."

'We need to change our luck. Let's move our headquarters to Redmond, the home of Microsoft.'

'Don't worry. No one else knows what they are doing either.'

Yomp Foundation Presentation committee: 'Don't let the gong intimidate you!'

Pity vs. Bragging and Public Relations

'I try not to think big too often or I get terrible headaches.'