Parent-funded Visionary Pillows

"I have yet to turn a profit, but I have no trouble getting funding from my parents."

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

"This is going to make the most amazing driftwood table."

'Why can't we have a texting bee?'

'What's amazing is that I only threw one stick.'

"I was a primary school teacher. What did you do?"

'So, Pharaoh, what sort of collateral do you have to put down on this $2 billion Great Pyramid you want to build?'

"Sold his air rights."

'It just says strange things happened after she ate the wafers. It doesn't mention their street value.'

'Wow! no doubt about it son!...You'll grow up to be President of the United States!'

Start up

Doctor sits near work boxes labelled; 'NHS' and 'Private'.

"So you're an investor who dabbles in art? I happen to be an artist who dabbles in money."

"We've decided to add forty floors."

"Yes, but...will it scale?"

"Before we start planning our next brilliant foray into the global economy, I suggest we first figure out how we're going to pay our local electric bill!"

"Fire is going to be the new content."

'You'll be projected as the winner by ABC one hour before the polls open.'

"I don’t want to ‘fetch’ – I want to practice entertainment law."

'You read him Jack and the Beanstalk again, didn't you?'

'Of course, you have to imagine it finished.'

'Why we have architects'

Science in industry

"So. . . how did our first-stage financing go today?"

"The world is expanding at an accelerated rate."

"I'm starting a startup that helps other startups start up."

Kangaroo moms chatting in the rain.

"When did our kids become mobsters?"

'Nobody noticed my new contact lenses at school today.'

"Something that in 20 years will be worth a lot of money."

"Real estate developers are God's creatures too."