Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 26th September 2000

Dilbert//4182, first published 26 years ago on Tuesday 26th September 2000

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bought cisco cardboard box dogcart consults entrepreneurial misdialed bookie revive spirt

Official transcript

The caption reads: "Dogbert consults."

Dogbert holds a pointer and says, "You can revive the entrepreneurial spirit here by reminding people of the early years."

Dogbert points to a picture of two homeless people. He says, "Your founders were two men who began in a cardboard box."

Dogbert stands in front of the room of employees and says, "One bum midialed his bookie and accidently bought Cisco stock at the IPO."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

DOGBERT CONSULTS YOU CAN REVIVE THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT HERE BY REMINDING PEOPLE OF THE EARLY YEARS.

YOUR FOUNDERS WERE TWO BUMS WHO BEGAN IN A CARDBOARD BOX.

ONE BUM MISDIALED HIS BOOKIE AND ACCIDENTALLY BOUGHT CISCO STOCK AT THE IPO.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Dogbert Consults"

Summary:

• The comic strip features Dogbert, a character from the "Dilbert" series, as a consultant.
• Dogbert is hired by a company to revive its entrepreneurial spirit.
• Dogbert suggests that the founders were two "bums who began in a cardboard box," implying that they were not successful until they started the company.
• One of the founders, a "bum," accidentally bought Cisco stock at the IPO, leading to the company's success.
• The comic strip humorously pokes fun at the idea of entrepreneurship and the role of chance in business success.

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