Business Milestone Gifts

Can't Do the Math/Won't Do the Math.

'Now this is exactly what I was referring to when I talked about 'scope creep'.'

'This is a 'placebo' line. It serves no purpose but it makes us feel good.'

A fight in the Boardroom.

"Brilliant report, I can't tell where the facts and the fiction begins"

'So that's three 'yes' and two 'no' and one 'maybe yes maybe no'.'

'I've moved from being cautiously optimistic to being optimistically cautious.'

'Thanks to our exensive cost-cutting efforts, we managed to turn a profit.'

"I'd run it by legal myself, but they have a restraining order against me."

'There he goes, the bravest M&A knight that our kingdom has ever known.'

"I'm sorry, JB, we still haven't worked out how we did it."

'Before we starnt, has everyone shed their moral baggage?'

'You'll be happy to see that I've finally managed to turn things around.'

'The answer is still no. I may look like a pushover, but I'm not.'

'Sir, we need to upgrade our technology. We've used up our last roll of ticker tape.'

"Remember...when the going gets tough...DELEGATE!"

The ROI on social media was not yet optimized.

Boardroom rowing teamwork

'Tax considerations? Regulatory climate? Labor costs? - Hell, no! We're moving our headquarters cross-country because I feel like it!'

"Well in our defence we did get the numbers right they were just in the wrong order!"

"'Quid pro quo' is a no-no, Bradbury. Around here we say 'reciprocal altruism'."

Teamwork: Innovation, Success, Evaluation, Development, Growth, Solution, Progess, Market.

"Now that I have everyone's attention..."

'It's crunch time, Caldwell. That's the time between when you're born, and when you make your first million.'

Sales chart is buildings in background.

"This project was a mismanaged rush job and woefully underfunded, but we did finish it on time and under budget."

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

'Last month's sales figures went very well. So well, in fact, they fell back and crushed the previous months.'

"What you lack in business savvy you more than make up for in owning the company."

Business Meeting

'There's enough of us...we can take them!'

'I had to overcome stereotypical misunderstandings about who makes a good leader.'

"Good news! I heard that the sales department had to requisition a stepladder."

'If I'm going to do an effective job of reducing costs, I'm going to need a bigger budget.'

Three businessmen using a pulley system to change a graph