Marketplace Maven Gifts

'I think you are taking this elevator pitch way too literally'.

Karen was delighted that both her large and small suppliers had turned up for her industry day

'Sheesh! Slow day!'

"Why is our company always at the back of the wagon train?"

"He's not a bad person, but he wants to own two TV stations in the same market."

Made in China

"What do you think I can get for it on the blackboard market?"

Screwdriver labelled 'Buyer' and screw labelled 'seller'.

"Chucky says he can buy and sell me."

Grey versus legal economy.

"So the plan is to fly everyone for free. But we'll charge $400.00 per bag."

The day the stock market went UP.

"Marshall, somewhere out there, just waiting for us, is a loophole in the system."

'The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I think that luck is always right.'

Apples for sale

'We want everyone to remember our name.'

"It's kohlrabi, the next hot vegetable."

'Looks like your cash cow just got diverted to the slaughterhouse.'

"So, I see you have a background in advertising..."

"Unfortunately, the consumer was not as demanding as we had hoped."

'A few more years in this job and you'll learn how to delegate stress.'

Guy has framed 'first Yuan'

"So then the VP of Sales looks right at me and says 'Larry, what's going on? We don't have any traction in the market.' Like it's MY fault!"

"#Win!"

Creative department

'Let me see your portfolio of stolen ideas.'

"Does anyone here have a clue what it is we used to get?"

'We're living in a round hole economy.'

Investments - Founders Bear and Bull.

'Kroft, Kroft, Kroft...to thine own demographic be true!'

European currency on the edge.

"I'm not happy about what the economists are predicting."

Slipping and sliding down the slope...

'When investment bankers give parental advice'

Direct Marketing...