Non-profit Founder Prints

"Build your foundation, Dorothea. They will come."

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

'We've financed three more startups for no fathomable reason.'

"There's your son's heartbeat, and over here is the app he's developing."

Yomp Foundation Presentation committee: 'Don't let the gong intimidate you!'

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

'We've financed three more startups for no fathomable reason.'

"Wilson, I built this company from scratch!"

"I'm in nonprofit work for the money."

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

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

"When you've been here as long as I have, you'll start to burn out"

"I have no toys just yet. I have a concept of a plan for toys...toys like no one has ever seen before."

"Ambitions... to open an office on Mars. Kennedy Space Center."

Big Shot/Bigger Shot.

"I wrote this one after my third startup failed. It’s called ‘I Got Yer App Right Here.’"

I work for a not for profit business. Mind you, two years ago it was a 'for profit' business.

'We're a non-profit organisation. We didn't plan it that way, but that's how it worked out.'

"'Start a company, make money.' Your business plan may be missing a few steps in the middle."

'Looks like the perfect time to bring in our profit sharing scheme.'

"Never mind devices - we need to establish a 'bring your own funding' policy."

S.S.dot.com

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

And elevator with 'up', 'down', and 'pitches' buttons

'Wow, my own desk!'

'He was always too busy to sit for his portrait.'

"I'm appointing you head of marketing...your first job is to come up with something we can market...and to who??"

"Ok Watson, what have you dreamed up?"

"Can you go through all the old pitch decks and replace the word 'crypto' with 'AI'?"

Recycling bin for 'short term business plans'

The nonprofit dog fight.

'Obviously, for Ben's proposal to really take off, he'll need a longer runway than our little company can provide!'

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

'Yes, that's our bathroom. We're a startup, so plumbing and running water is a luxury.'