Creative Startups Mugs

Launderade.

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

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

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

"Ambitions... to open an office on Mars. Kennedy Space Center."

Computer Hitching a Ride to Silicon Valley

Boom

"It's been hell since you went into animation."

"Right here is your baby’s infrastructure, and in a month or so we’ll be able to see the analytics."

"The Internet startup had only enough cash for one more day. But, miraculously, the money lasted for eight days, until more venture capital could be raised."

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

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

Dragon's den desk. 'I'm in' and 'I'm out' tray on desk.

S.S.dot.com

'Those are my twins: NASDAQ and Dow. They were born at the height of the dot.com boom.'

No, no, Grok, we love your creative voice! Ort is just here to do a little punch-up.

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

'I use these ice cubes to make minor home repairs.'

"Can you go through all the old pitch decks and replace the word 'crypto' with 'AI'?"

"Let me through, please. I know what the letters C.P.R. stand for."

Couple painting each other - one turns to the other and says, 'Hon, let's hire a model.'

'The company I ran was non-profit, but that wasn't intentional.'

"Moreover, profits double if we move in with our parents."

"C'mon. Just one more round of funding and I'll build you a horde that'll knock your socks off."

Well you know what they say - here today gone tomorrow - or in the case of dotcoms, here today gone shortly after lunch.

"Just in case you want to invest, I've got a great idea for a dot.com startup."

This horse isn't dead. It's just sleeping.

"Sorry guys, but your 'magic mind-reader' doesn't seem to be working."

"The Internet has totally revolutionized the way white guys get rich."

"...Then she took the divorce settlement money...and set up a company that's putting me out of business."

'Unfortunately, our entirely Twitter and Facebook based business model was a little ahead of its time!'

Start up

"Our brand is about talking about our brand."

'The bouncing dot.com. bomb.'

Setting up companies