Quirky Business Dreamer Pillows

As we discussed, I'm off in the afternoons this week. Hence the nice outfit. It's a handful of strategic meetings and mixers for investors of The Infant Restaurant Critic. Yell. Not Yelp, but Yell. Y'know, it's the website that publishes make-or-break restaurant reviews from a screaming infant. Mixer. You're the infant's mother? Cool. I prefer founding partner or seed investor.

'I'm sure that one wasn't there last week.'

"We're a very small international conglomerate."

He was destined for greatness. Whatever that meant.

Ice Cream And Summer Rentals

'But this is what you demanded; a corner office with Windows.'

"As you can see, our corporate structure is turtles all the way down."

"I'm afraid that following the audit, Mr. Davis is no longer with us... On the bright side, the corner office is now available!"

"Why didn't we think of that?"

"I hacked into Santa's computer and added a few gifts. It pays to have computer skills."

'McWit Plumbing and Lite Puff Pastries.' The only way to survive in today's economy it's good to diversify.'

'We really like your suggested target of us becoming 'richer than God if God won the lottery'. Any idea how we might get there.'

Setting up companies

Bertha's: A bank that's more than a bank. It's also an insurance broker and a beauty parlor.

'Not one customer all day! What's the matter with this corner?'

"I've built this business up from scratch. . . "

"So what do you really think of my business plan?"

'The action next week is going to be in bird seed, but if you quote me, I'll deny I said it.'

"The cat walking business didn't go anywhere! Neither did we."

"Alfresco Plumbing & Hardware Supplies"

"Excuse me...but there are hairs in my soup. I think we should be supportive when our friends open a business. But sometimes I wonder...what are they thinking?"

"I want an eponymous retail empire when I grow up, Greg. What do you want?"

'Someday, son, all this will be yours...' 'In the meantime...'

Snow cones being sold in a snow globe.

"I'm creating the world's first 'instant lowrider' kit! I'll need partners...and when the profits roll in, I'll take 75 percent and they will get 50 percent."

"I'm hoping to sell my startup - a chain of fast-food meditation centers - to Google for seven figures."

"Mommy doesn't work in just any cubicle. She works in a corner cubicle."

"We'll be too big to fail!"

Anticipated Sales - "Now at this point reality intruded."

We're looking for someone who has their own desk, computer, fax, smart phone, copier, and customer list.

"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!"

"Coming soon. Possibly a thrift store or a bakery...or, no—how about a coffee house? Yoga studio? Pizza joint?..."

"Would you believe it. I haven't sold a thing all day."

My lemonade stand went belly-up. I need a bail-out.

"The only lemons we use now are to flavor the rim of your espresso."