Startup Enthusiast Gifts

"So that's my presentation: Could I have 100 million for the startup?"

The Elevator Pitch of Frankenstein

"I get you're an entrepreneur, but what do you do?"

"Looking for Investors."

'Since we're a startup, we were hoping you would pay us to work here.'

"Miss Davis, bring me everything we've got on turning a two-bit hole-in-the-wall operation into a multinational juggernaut."

"The good news is we've financed another dot.com for no fathomable reason."

'I used to provide capital for business startups. Here's my card. I'm an angel investor.'

SMALL BUSINESS LOANS, 'Your business plan seems to depend on winning a lot of state lotteries....'

'I'd like to inquire about franchise opportunities.'

"I crunched the numbers until cautiously opportunistic."

'I don't know, Jack. This 'magic beans' startup sounds kind of risky.'

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

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

"How much do you need?"

"Off to start your own company in the same business as ours...no, we don't mind at all."

"Ladies and gentlemen, start your companies!"

'After reading your business plan, I realised that this is the only way you'll get a loan form your bank.'

"Any more bright ideas?"

"The leadership team wants a catchy acronym for a new social media app they're calling Functional Applied Relationship Tracker. Any suggestions?"

'Alright, we'll invest in your project, Noah, assuming we can serve on the board.'

"Our mission statement is being changed, from 'Getting Funding,' to 'Making a Profit'."

'I think starting up a multi billion pound empire involves more than asking all your online friends to give you all their money!'

Start-up businesses that generate a profit once again in vogue with investors

Ahead of the Times vs Late to the Game

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

'My startup could really use a pioneer type like you.'

"We've invested too much in this whole thing to just go back to laying around on the rocks all day."

"Well you know what they say, 'here today gone tomorrow', or in the case of tech start ups 'here today, gone shortly after lunch.'"

Small Business Adviser.

"I started up a startup to start up more startups."

This horse isn't dead. It's just sleeping.

"Seven companies in three years."

"I'll grant you three startup ideas."

"We're still a startup? It's been 26 years."