Leadership Dreamer Gifts

'I'd like to be one of those people who sets targets for other people.'

'Believe me, Luci, it's hard being a boss! You want to be everyone's friend...but you can't...I wonder what you'll be when you grow up...'

"I'll just mow the lawn then I'll put myself forward to lead the Conservatives."

"These projections don't make sparkles shoot out my ass."

'The good news is we're projecting a profit. The bad news is none of us will be alive then.'

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

Lemonade Inc.

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

Computer Hitching a Ride to Silicon Valley

"I want to make it before I hit thirty."

Nails pinning down the hammer that usually strikes them.

'I have everything a man could want - But I've still managed to hang onto my petty ambitions.'

Lemonade Stand With Free Wi-Fi

"I just need help getting started. A little seed money."

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

"We'll analyze the only thing left to analyze: what people throw away."

'Ah, the Bermuda Rectangle for files.'

'I want to see more blue sky thinking.'

"Ambitions... to make a career change from tourism to sales."

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

"See what you get for thinking outside the fishbowl!"

S.S.dot.com

"Being my own boss sounds fun but I wouldn't be able to motivate myself."

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

'If I'd had someone to help me when I started, I might have made CEO...actually, I did make CEO, but you know what I mean.'

And so, Rudy unwittingly became an investor in The Infant Restaurant Critic. At first, he was furious having lost his weekly paycheck. But then it dawned on him: He was back in the dot-com game – for the first time in 20 years. He was practically a venture capitalist! I'm a social media investor. It's a multi-platform play with, obviously, huge mobile capability, global reach, soaring audience share. Revenue model? What? Huh? Beat it.

"It's not that I'm lazy. But I envisage myself not so much climbing the corporate ladder, as taking the corporate elevator."

'... And that's where I'm seeking planning permission to build a secret uranium enrichment plant...'

"No I wouldn't say you're ahead of your time. More like 'outside of it'."

"Let's all sing our theme song: 'I Love Venture Capital'."

'I just happened to be in the right place at the right time to make CEO.'

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

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

"We don't believe in miracles. We rely on them."

"Skip to the part where the princess climbs to the top of the corporate ladder."