Independent Business Supporter Mugs

Yes! We're Open!

Miniature Design Shop: Think Small.

Businessman sees sign in window of 'Fred's Chili Bowl' restaurant: 'Now Hiring a Bean Counter'.

"Can I talk to someone who knows something?"

"It was a mom-and-pop, but we inherited it."

A Specialty Bookstore Chain that Failed, 'Untitled Books.'

"I'm Bobby. If you like the lemonade, perhaps you'd like to invest in the 'Jimmy's Lemonade' franchise, listed in NASDAQ..."

The marketing is out there now. People all know the pizzas are prepared on the premises. So why no customers?

Sales and Diversity

Let's all go to a farmer's market.

Business As Usual Bar & Grill: 'How's business? 'Don't ask!'

Catalan sentence

Mom & Pop General Store - Going Out of Business Slowly But Surely

'We hope to invest in a few start-ups with national franchise potential.'

"We’re still a relatively young company compared to this lady I found in the lobby."

Key Fob Manufacturing. In this factory we make fobs which drivers use to turn on their car. Ah, a start-up company!

"Clean your specs, lady?"

Tips for a green Christmas by Indian Wild Animals.

"I now only take orders online. Shipping is free, especially since you're my neighbor."

'Is it my imagination or are entrepreneurs getting younger.'

'Let's get one thing straight. I don't want your money, I want your respect.'

"We'll be too big to fail!"

'Spending and consuming - that's my kind of patriotism.'

'I've put the business up for sale.'

'I remember when it was a row of quaint little coffee bars and boutiques.'

'We are from the F.B.L.'

"And we're just so proud you're walking to school alone. Aren't we, Harold?"

". . . Then she married the wealthiest man in the word and they lived happily ever after, all be it separately."

Burn It Down

Balloons vs. Rockets

MADE IN CANADA "Buy Canadian"..."Eh!"

'If we let this happen, soon we'll be swamped in chain stores.'

'I was a lawyer for a start-up tech company, taking my pay in stock, and after they went public, I retired at age 26!'

"We find shopping at the farmers' market to be more self-congratulatory."

"Sorry, Mom. Sorry, Pop."