Business Innovator Prints

'Are you thinking what I'm thinking?'

Changing times for minority businesses.

'Would it be more economical for them to develop their own comparable product, or steal the competition's formulae and fight it out in the courts?'

'We would like to visit with you about the possibility of expanding our franchise...'

'Would everyone please join hands for a moment? I'd like to try jump-starting this meeting!'

'It's agreed - we'll hire cheerleaders.'

Jenny's Lemonade and Mortgage Refinancing (with backward 'e's).

'That's Fred, the new hire. He's one of those corporate renaissance types who erases organization-chart boundaries wherever he goes!'

Art versus Commerce

"Sure, hunting and gathering's a nice start, but what about processing, sales, and distribution?"

'We can't rely upon pas successes...we have to radically restructure the way we work, change our core values and build form the ground up.'

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

'Go ahead and throw in the monkey wrench, Sims. The suspense is killing us.'

'This space could be working for you' - entrepreneurs concert.

'Part of the problem, meet part of the solution.'

A good consultant must be prepared to change their knowledge base.

"Damn it, gentlemen, these are medieval times. They demand medieval ideas."

With my brains and your rice pudding we could corner the glue market!

"To thrive in these challenging times we need to embrace charge, to welcome it. It's the only way to survive and grow!"

"We're not just an ad agency, we're instigators of social change, vanguards of a cultural revolution, disruptors of the status quo, a challenger of norms and conventions. . ."

"This is great. This could be franchised."

"Pencils are a 20th Century industry."

"I've decided to come up with a radical new strategy."

"A wet winter. but we're making the best of it."

"I brought in Ron to help us reach an untapped resource."

'I've started installing turbines in my dams and connecting them to the power grid: I'm making a fortune!'

"Then, business is bad all over."

'I want to see more blue sky thinking.'

'Dammit, Gentlemen! We need someone who's not afraid to 'poop outside the box'!'

'After the circus went under we decided to go into business for ourselves.'

'I got a little carried away designing the Business Model.'

'Gentlemen, we make money the old-fashioned way, and it's got to STOP!'

Businessman tramples 'sound doctrine'

'I ran it by accounting, but I was never able to get it past legal.'

Brainstorming!