Startup Supporter Gifts

'Your Dad's a jerk.'

'Venture capital' taking a chance.

"We have the concept, but we can't really do anything without investors."

"We'll be too big to fail!"

"I forget, does our company make money yet?"

'I was a lawyer for a start-up tech company, taking my pay in stock, and after they went public, I retired at age 26!'

"Pre-silicon Capitalism to see you."

'Minority business' taking off

"We’re still a relatively young company compared to this lady I found in the lobby."

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

Home Business - Coffee.

"Mr. Jones, I'm taking you out of stocks and into kickstarter."

"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.'

"We're a very small international conglomerate."

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

'Have you been 'helping the environment by supporting local produce' again?'

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

Businessman sees sign in window of 'Fred's Chili Bowl' restaurant: 'Now Hiring a Bean Counter'.

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."

"It was a mom-and-pop, but we inherited it."

"Can I talk to someone who knows something?"

Home Business - Newspaper Ad.

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

'Wow, my own desk!'

"And who, may I ask, is financing this startup country?"

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

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

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

Business As Usual Bar & Grill: 'How's business? 'Don't ask!'

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

'I decided to close the stand and sell the lemonade on eBay.'

"The Oaths of the Venture Capitalists."