Start-up Dreamers Pillows

Lemonade Stand Becoming Starbucks

'I know a lot of people start their businesses in a garage, but this is a parking garage.'

"These projections don't make sparkles shoot out my ass."

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

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

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

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

Computer Hitching a Ride to Silicon Valley

Money Plant.

Lemonade Stand With Free Wi-Fi

"I just need help getting started. A little seed money."

'No hay, no grooming, no mucking out and they live in the broom cupboard!'

"When I grow up, I'm going to be a suit."

'I think it's the best thing you've ever done!'

"Jonathan! I've told you not to put your space toys in the freezer and pretend they're on the ice planet!"

"We'll analyze the only thing left to analyze: what people throw away."

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

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

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

S.S.dot.com

The toothfairy

"We'll up your medication and with any luck your delusions should significantly reduce!"

"Every single day, guys ask you for advice about women, work, sports... Haven't you ever even heard of the law of supply and demand?. . .I'd be glad to steer the downtrodden and the forlorn your way for a mere 82% of the man-to-man-talk fee."

And so, Rudy unwittingly became an investor in The Infant Restaurant Critic. At first, he was furious having lost his weekly paycheck. But then it dawned on him: He was back in the dot-com game – for the first time in 20 years. He was practically a venture capitalist! I'm a social media investor. It's a multi-platform play with, obviously, huge mobile capability, global reach, soaring audience share. Revenue model? What? Huh? Beat it.

"We thought about a restaurant and decided we were more of a bookstore."

"Let's all sing our theme song: 'I Love Venture Capital'."

"Please, Daddy, just one more conspiracy theory."

"Moreover, profits double if we move in with our parents."

Cloud Cuckoo Land, "Sometimes Doris wished that Charlie hadn't stayed so young at heart

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

"When you think of it, all you really need is one 3D printer to start manufacturing them yourself!"

'No, we are not going on an extreme picnic.'

"You've been working out of your parent's basement since 1993?"

"Buy my data $20"

"Our brand is about talking about our brand."