Start-up Superstar Pillows

'So like, loan dude, isn't it O.K. to get the actual icea for the kind of e-business we'd like to start after you lend us the $50 million?'

Robot Parts $5

'I think you are taking this elevator pitch way too literally'.

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

"We're playing doctor. Do you have any old magazines for our waiting room?"

'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."

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

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

Boom

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

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

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

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

"What do you want to be when you blow up?"

'I just wanted to thank you for grounding me to my room for the weekend. I took the time to start a computer programming company, which earned me $13 million.'

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

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

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

Danae's Celebrity Career: 'Don't you know who I am?...I've decided to pursue a career as a celebrity, so I'm developing the basic language skills used in the industry.'

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

S.S.dot.com

Member of the Fortune 5 Million

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

"If there is no more American Idol what am I going to do to become famous?"

"I'm appointing you head of marketing...your first job is to come up with something we can market...and to who??"

"Ok Watson, what have you dreamed up?"

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

'Wow, my own desk!'

Recycling bin for 'short term business plans'

"Harris, I want you to buy up anything that has 'dot com' in their title."

"Can you believe those guys? We tell them absolutely, positively no further negotiations, and they stop negotiating!"

'Obviously, for Ben's proposal to really take off, he'll need a longer runway than our little company can provide!'

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

'Yes, that's our bathroom. We're a startup, so plumbing and running water is a luxury.'