Startup Enthusiast Prints

"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."

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

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

"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.'

"You want to join a start-up? Are you mad?"

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

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

"I crunched the numbers until cautiously opportunistic."

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

"Ladies and gentlemen, start your companies!"

'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."

'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?"

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

Steve Jobs.

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

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

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

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

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

"Seven companies in three years."

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

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

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

The Life Cycle of a Business

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

Ahead of the Times vs Late to the Game

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