hello this is jeff

Translation: I didn't care the first or second time you told me, but then somebody asked me about it, and I didn't know. Make sure it doesn't happen again.

Translation: Although there are political struggles in every organization you've ever come into contact with, this one doesn't have any. All of our interests are in perfect alignment, and everyone agrees on everything. Furthermore, we wouldn't dream of hiring one of those awful, dirty, self-interested people you find literally everywhere, except here, of course.

PM: Did everyone find this meeting useful?

VP Eng.: Wow. We did it. (1:15pm)

Scrap everything and get started on V2

big-shot ex-trader: look, do you want to be CTO or not??

me: would like to adjourn this meeting before the heat death of the universe

dev: thanks actually my environment is broken and i can't do it

Because no, your idea to make an app that lets people order drones to fly in through their bathroom window carrying toilet paper is not "pretty solid". None of your stupid fucking ideas are.

What you should not think of is a buttoned-down bro in a conference room at his hot new monthly-shaving-cream startup that hs no A/C, or a PCMR basement-dweller reposting memes on imgur.

What #AllLivesMatter is to #BlackLivesMatter

A bullshit startup way to describe using money that you have to make a product that you sell. syn: Business.

When you need a bullshit marketing way to say you want a bullshit marketing person.