Startup Phase Mugs

'We scaled way, way back. In fact, this might be a good opportunity to get in on the ground level - again.'

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

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

"He might not have got the job with Google, but they weren't going to stop Brian skateboarding to the office."

"We're a very small international conglomerate."

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

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

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.

Boom

Computer Hitching a Ride to Silicon Valley

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

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

Not thinking BIG enough: Nickel & Dime Bank.

"You were right. Building an online business empire is even more fun than playing games."

Internet.

Mark Zuckerberg

Cartoon about having many investors for crowd funding.

"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!"

'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?"

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

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

Kentucky Fried Horse

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

S.S.dot.com

"I'm Bobby. If you like the lemonade, perhaps you'd like to invest in the 'Jimmy's Lemonade' franchise, listed in NASDAQ..."

"All that's left is inventing something insanely popular!"

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

Silicon Vale