Independent Innovator Mugs

Dilemma of the self-employed; 'But I deserve a raise',,,NO

"I tried being my own boss, but my wife got jealous."

The Department of Really Stupid Ideas: 'Most people think they just appear out of thin air! But the truth is, there's a great deal of very hard work involved!'

"My older self travels back just to remind me to put the cap back on this pen?"

Valuable business advice from some famous disruptive technologies.

'I've decided to centralize my operations. Everything will be in my ipad.'

ACME INDUSTRIES NEW PRODUCTS DIVISION, 'The best part is, it can repossess itself!'

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

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

"Hmmm ... that's interesting. Now, what about ideas that don't suck - do you have any of those?"

Evolution.

Empty box of ideas

Eureka!

"You're a genius, Shaw. This is an idea whose copyright has expired."

Blue sky thinking

A secretary at a desk with a nameplate the says Dot Com.

'I think the new V. P. of Global Development is here.'

'Is this the new input device?'

GPC needs to make its new formula foolproof.

'She posted her first blog today.'

"In my old job we were encouraged to run fast and break things."

"Remember when we kicked him off Mars?"

"I can carry more pollen back to the hive that way..."

'I've found a way to improve on light beer!'

A balloon seller is selling thought bubble balloons

Game changing

"Looks like our days at the think tank are numbered."

What've you been up to since college, Lemont? Oh, I became a journalist … had a kid, blah blah … but I wanna hear about you, Rudy. Grigori Rasputin. How've you been all these years? How's your Uncle Mort? Are you a Russian spy? Boop boop boop. How'd that stomach-tumble-translator startup you founded in the nineties go? Wait ... what did you say you became? What do they have on President Trump? How's your cat? Boop.

"#BeCurious"

' A new idea '

"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."

'Frankly, I'm not sure this whole idea-sharing thing is working.'

"OK team, we need innovative solutions and we need 'em fast!"

Cloud Computing.

Man is successfully leaping over chasm.