Entrepreneurial Enthusiast Pillows

'Well, yes I can see there's definitely potential for growth.'

'I know the economy is in bad shape, but I need to downsize, Dad.'

Self-Employed Entrepreneur

Today, business expert, Professor Ernie, will answer questions. The first is from an upholsterer who has lots of business but loses money on every order. The problem is that you're covering everything except your costs! The owner of a baseball team wants to know if you he should re-sign the team's best player, the league leader in double and triples. I don't think he can afford the high base salary. And a perfume company is struggling to survive. Their strategy has been to only produce exo

Man outselling his competitor on street corner.

'You're in great shape! You've got years of hostile take-overs ahead of you.'

"Why didn't I think of that?"

Decision Making Block

'The wheel was great, but what have you done for me lately?'

"The leadership team wants a catchy acronym for a new social media app they're calling Functional Applied Relationship Tracker. Any suggestions?"

'Let's not go by the book.'

"What's a patent?"

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

'I told you it would be useful.'

'It's not easy being ahead of your time.'

'Smith, we need more creativity. You have to learn to think outside the box.'

'Some of those youngsters have come up with a terrific new idea - feathers.'

What can I do? He says it's his thinking cap.

"We're a very small international conglomerate."

'Can our software do that?'

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

The Rubber Ball Company

Satya Nutella

'I want you to paddle against the current.'

Eureka!

"Is it just a scary coincidence that the words 'changes' and 'unknown' both have 7 letters?"

'Wow! I never thought it would actually WORK!'

Creative department

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

Early cyborg.

A business that thinks alike...sinks alike.

"I think it's about time you started thinking outside of the box Harold."

"By the end of next week, these fads such as social media, automobiles and making fire will all be over."

'I solved the problem of dead zones on my cell phone with a personal satellite,'

"What if, instead of the safe being filled with rawhide, it's filled with catnip and mice!" "No one will buy it." "Drugs and rodents? Who's our demographic?" "The Simpsons already did that."