Frog and Toad met up for coffee.
“Toad, wake up,” he cried. “You are bored at Big Tech Co., come out to the West Coast and see how exciting the startup world is!”
One morning, Toad stood in front of his team.
“We have many things to do,” he said. “I will write out tickets for all of them, and put them into our ticket system so that we remember to do them.”
Toad was sitting alone in the game room.
Frog came along and said, “What is the matter, Toad? You are looking sad.”
Bye, baby funding
VC’s gone a-running,
Founder’s gone a-spinning,
Frog was with his marketing team.
Toad came walking by.
“What a fine team you have, Frog,” he said, “they are always cheerful, and making jokes, and going out for long boozy lunches. They seem so happy…
Girls and boys, come out to play,The funding’s easy in the Bay;Leave your job, secure and steadyLive in a hacker loft, when you’re readyCome with a whoop, come with…
Toad made an iOS app.
“This app looks pretty nice,” said Toad.
He set up a Facebook app download ad.
“And look, now people are downloading it,” he said.
The night was cold and dark.
“Listen to the wind howling between the office buildings,” said Frog. “What a fine time for a cautionary tale.”
Owl dusted off his corporate blog.
“Tonight, I will shed a few tears in public,” he said.
He pulled out his laptop. “Now,” said Owl, “I will begin.”
One day in summer, Frog was not feeling chill.
Toad said, “Frog you are yelling quite a lot.”
“But I always yell a lot,” said Frog. “I am a CEO.”
“Today you are yelling a lot even for a CEO,” said Toad. “Sit down on these beanbag…