Startup Success Mugs

'Mommy, you'll never guess what. My hi-tech start-up just merged with a Fortune 500 company.'

Butterfly Woman

Large Dollar Sign Office Block

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

Or as I prefer to call it, the 'feel-good' factor.

Nothing Succeeds Like Confidence.

'We're finding out that those 'wrongs' we made 'right' were actually right after all.'

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

He was destined for greatness. Whatever that meant.

'Wow! I never thought it would actually WORK!'

Bullseye!

Bright Idea

My brilliant career

'I can't believe I didn't get that promotion. So many people have passed me by I feel like a road sign on the highway to success.'

'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.

Mark Zuckerberg

Win - win

"And finally, I’d like to thank all those people I stepped on and used to get here. I couldn’t have done it without your submissive insecurity and relentless resignation."

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

The rope to success.

Computer Hitching a Ride to Silicon Valley

Business is off the chart.

Boom

Not thinking BIG enough: Nickel & Dime Bank.

'Well, Frobisher, it's taken a millennium, but thanks to our initial public stock offering, we've finally turned lead into gold.'

Considering she started here as an office temp she's done quite well.

"I didn't really start applying myself seriously until around the eighth life."

"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."

We Made a Fortune! 'That's good enough for me. I don't really need the specifics...'

'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.'

Jumping Man

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

'I became successful when my dreams changed from the Cary Grants of the world to federal grants.'