Startup Mugs

"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."

"Ladies and gentlemen, start your companies!"

'What am I going to do with the money? Open a little old lady store.'

"I wonder if A.I. will inevitably become as tired and depressed as we are."

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

'I think you are taking this elevator pitch way too literally'.

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

"We're a very small international conglomerate."

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

'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

'Ideas.com' desk with a 'come' tray and a 'gone' tray.

'It's my company, I'll decide whether I want to go to the partner's meeting or not.'

Internet.

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

"I have no toys just yet. I have a concept of a plan for toys...toys like no one has ever seen before."

Mark Zuckerberg

Boom

Not thinking BIG enough: Nickel & Dime Bank.

Computer Hitching a Ride to Silicon Valley

"When you've been here as long as I have, you'll start to burn out"

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

Cartoon about having many investors for crowd funding.

"I wrote this one after my third startup failed. It’s called ‘I Got Yer App Right Here.’"

"Right here is your baby’s infrastructure, and in a month or so we’ll be able to see the analytics."

"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!"

'Looks like the perfect time to bring in our profit sharing scheme.'

"Never mind devices - we need to establish a 'bring your own funding' policy."

'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."

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

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