Startups Mugs

"I'm starting a startup that helps other startups start up."

We thought we'd put in the details later!

The Elevator Pitch of Frankenstein

"I get you're an entrepreneur, but what do you do?"

Spare a dime? / Spare-a-dime?.com

'What kind of internet-start-up camp are you going to this summer?'

'Venture capital' taking a chance.

'We would like to visit with you about the possibility of expanding our franchise...'

"We'll be too big to fail!"

"Our goal is to develop killer apps for the new web paradigm, but until that goal is reached we will continue to make the best damned solid waste disposal systems on the planet."

"It has yet to turn a profit."

"Where do you see yourself in five minutes?"

"When do you suppose it was our business lost its focus?"

"I had secured financial backing, I'd set up inventory and cash management systems. I was ready for business, then it hit me... I had no product or service!"

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

Chasing the one big idea

"Teddy, did you agree to sell an idea to Google for one point two seven billion?"

'Digital-Age Mirage.'

"Since we're a startup, we were hoping you would pay us to work here."

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

Entrepreneurship.

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

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

"Did you know that one-third of all business start-ups were launched by moonlighters working on another company's time?"

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

Man walks own tightrope

'We've simplified the software.'

Small Business Adviser.

Business Advice

'Minority business' taking off

"And all of the kingdom's investors waited for their whimsically unprofitable startups to perform magic in Q3."

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

"In this business it helps to have a bit of luck, you know, say 2 million dollars."

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

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