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.

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

The day the stock market went UP.

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

Apples for sale

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

'We want everyone to remember our name.'

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

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

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

"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.'

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

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

Investments - Founders Bear and Bull.

European currency on the edge.

Slipping and sliding down the slope...

'When investment bankers give parental advice'

Direct Marketing...