Start-up Sprout Pillows

Lemonade fruit juice water stand and Umbrellas, sump, pumps, raincoats stand.

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

"Michael, your father and I are worried that you're awfully young to be singing the blues."

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

Bright Idea

'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.

Computer Hitching a Ride to Silicon Valley

Boom

Not thinking BIG enough: Nickel & Dime Bank.

"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!"

Coffee Shop and Battery Charging Station

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

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

S.S.dot.com

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

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

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

Kentucky Fried Horse

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

"Intrapreneuring chief- how about a glass on the house?"

"Can you go through all the old pitch decks and replace the word 'crypto' with 'AI'?"

Growing a business....

"Let me through, please. I know what the letters C.P.R. stand for."

Silicon Vale

'The company I ran was non-profit, but that wasn't intentional.'

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

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

Well you know what they say - here today gone tomorrow - or in the case of dotcoms, here today gone shortly after lunch.