Startup Sprout Gifts

Growing a business....

'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."

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

Not thinking BIG enough: Nickel & Dime Bank.

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

Computer Hitching a Ride to Silicon Valley

"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 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.'

"Gentlemen, may I present our company's future. A buggy whip... with Bluetooth!"

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

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

Kentucky Fried Horse

S.S.dot.com

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

"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?"

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

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

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

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

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

"Just in case you want to invest, I've got a great idea for a dot.com startup."

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

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

Waiting for plants to grow

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

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

"...Then she took the divorce settlement money...and set up a company that's putting me out of business."