Start-up Culture Gifts

"It's meatloaf. We didn't make our Kickstarter goal for steak."

Key Fob Manufacturing. In this factory we make fobs which drivers use to turn on their car. Ah, a start-up company!

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

'You're my best man, Pomeroy, so I've decided to sell the damn company.'

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

"They're having a fight over how best to handle client conflict."

That shows business confidence.

"He might not have got the job with Google, but they weren't going to stop Brian skateboarding to the office."

"That report on corporate redundancy... I'd like it in triplicate."

The Evolution of the Bonus

'You're close, Spencer, but usually a business plan is a little more involved!'

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

'You did turn the company around... but we liked it the way it was...'

'It's my company, I'll decide whether I want to go to the partner's meeting or not.'

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

Internet.

Computer Hitching a Ride to Silicon Valley

Not thinking BIG enough: Nickel & Dime Bank.

Boom

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

"Right here is your baby’s infrastructure, and in a month or so we’ll be able to see the analytics."

"The Internet startup had only enough cash for one more day. But, miraculously, the money lasted for eight days, until more venture capital could be raised."

"I know it's a big risk, Fred, but don't lose sight of its strongest selling point: You're taking it, not me!"

"Gentlemen, may I present our company's future. A buggy whip... with Bluetooth!"

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

"We had to lay off most of the staff to pay for the recruitment and training of new staff to replace the staff we laid off."

"Lets get 100% behind the boss."

"You're just gaming down there? Shouldn't you be issuing your first IPO for some billion dollar internet enterprise you've created?"

Dragon's den desk. 'I'm in' and 'I'm out' tray on desk.

'Those are my twins: NASDAQ and Dow. They were born at the height of the dot.com boom.'

S.S.dot.com

A young boy sits behind a lemonade stand with a sign that reads "Lemonade 25¢ - Jay Antosh, Chief Executive Officer".

"If I've got to work for a tyrant . . . I may as well work for myself."

Kentucky Fried Horse

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