Start-up Founders Gifts

"Think about it, we're both very clever: If we team up, we'll be unstoppable!"

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

'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."

"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!'

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

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

"Wilson, I built this company from scratch!"

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

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

Boom

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

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

Computer Hitching a Ride to Silicon Valley

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

Internet.

Big Shot/Bigger Shot.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

S.S.dot.com

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

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

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

Member of the Fortune 5 Million

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

'Wow, my own desk!'