Nomadic Business Pioneers Gifts

'We're now in a good position to move the company forward.'

Profit

'Well the good news is that we've landed some huge contracts in China!'

'You're developing a reputation as something of a cowboy, Henderson.'

"With this company, it's like 'Adventure Capital."

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

'There must be some way we can capitalize on that damn boson.'

"Could you fellas tell me if there's anyplace around here where I could find a fax machine?"

365 Lemonade Stand

"And when conventional theories don't work, we've got Charnier here to do us a spot of voodoo marketing."

Self-employed.

"it appears I'm being relocated"

"The shareholders were planning to finance your trip to space until they learned that you were expected to return."

'They gave me a choice...they would either off-shore my job, or I could keep my job if I moved to India.'

He had finally made it to the mountaintop.

'With our pioneering spirit we are going to break into some great new markets.'

'Face it, you've changed. The man I married would never subject his family to an annual cost-benefit analysis.'

Profit Cowboy

'My startup could really use a pioneer type like you.'

"We're throwing out the old rules."

The Life Cycle of a Startup

'I'm doomed anyway, so I may as well make the most of it...'

Employment Office. I see by your resume that you don't stay in one place very long.

'Seven companies in three years.'

'Get out in the marketplace Merridew - hunt and gather man.'

'Welcome to 'sink or swim' the reality show that will find the survivor of three entrepreneurs, teetirng on the brink of bankruptcy.'

'We're looking to expand our globalization into countries that don't extradite.'

"Hey, look at this. After only a month, the idea that we spend the last two years developing has attracted $10 on Kickstarter."

Most Likely to Succeed

Tunnel of Mergers and Acquisitions.

'Carol, check my appointment book and tell me who's scheduled to show at 10:30?!'

"It's not really so much a new start-up as a soon to be shut-down."

"Guess what? I'm out here on the leading edge."

Our flounder

"I'm an entrepreneur." "So, unemployed."