Business Niche Explorer Pillows

Red Ink: "Busy as a bee, Ted, given the niche we've cut out for ourselves."

'We've financed three more startups for no fathomable reason.'

"We went for Scandinavian interiors."

Fish evolving: 'Write, if you establish a niche.'

'Ever feel like you've walked into a corporate lion's den?'

'You may feel lost and insignificant at first working for us.'

Businessman with briefcase pushes stroller with baby and its briefcase.

Boy sits at father's desk at work and says on phone: 'OK, I'll have my boys call your boys ..'

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

Maps to all the corporate trap doors for sale here!

"Now, would you consider yourself more of a Gurl Boss, a She-E-O, or a Mompreneur?"

'I've survived here by always maintaining my honesty, integrity, and plausible deniability.'

My husband is a world expert, but unfortunately it's only on maganese bronze.

'Cunningham, it's time for you to take part in our staff motivation program. It's short, simple, effective and it goes like that: make more sales or I'll kill your family, eat your dog and burn your house.'

"I blame the regulators for giving predatory pricing a bad name."

"My tech-support is a lot better than my hot dogs."

'Nowadays kiddo, we just need to herd the sheep, but my grandfather had to protect them from wolves!'

"When Santa's elves get new computers, we buy them and sell them at a great price."

'We're issuing a hostile takeover bid. I hope this doesn't affect things between us, Dad.'

'Son, this company doesn't deal with crooks. That's what it hires lobbyists to do.'

'Better learn Spanish, son, because I'm moving it all to Mexico!'

'We have an opening for a part-time intern, which could lead to a full-time unpaid internship.'

Sold in May, but the bull market didn't go away.

'Freelancing might be a viable option.'

"You don't need to understand—just go get a goddam bicycle pump."

The Dawn of a Niche Market

"The new apprentice is here."

'Sometimes I wonder about PBS -- they're counting down the top 100 Gregorian chants.'

"Could you nip over to accounts and get this signed,it's just through the door on the left and then 4,500 miles to East Delhi..."

The Niche Economy

'I'm applying for a job training program to become a dairy cow instead of a beef one.'

"There's not a large audience for your type of ethnic humor. After all, how many Peruvian-Greeks are there?"

"Dad said he wanted to give me a start up the ladder of life. Then he enrolled me in firefighting school."