WORDS IN THE SONG
"I just met you & this is crazy, but here's my number"
"Call Me Maybe"
1976: "You talkin' to me?"
Robert De Niro (Taxi Driver)
An afternoon entertainment at the theater
a matinee
In 1979 this horror master said, "Most of the market for my stuff is in paperbacks", but he's done okay in hardcover, too
Stephen King
99.9% of all U.S. businesses, small businesses are defined as having fewer than this many employees, D to the Romans
500
"But I didn't shoot the deputy"
"I Shot the Sheriff"
1999: "I see dead people"
Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense)
A community's female leader
a matron (matriarch)
Crush your enemies & name this Robert E. Howard barbarian whose "Collected Adventures" are collected in paperback
Conan
A small business owner must take in more than $400 annually to be subject to self-employment these
taxes
"I wanna feel the heat with somebody"
"I Wanna Dance With Somebody"
As Norman Bates: "A boy's best friend is his mother"
Anthony Perkins (Psycho)
Ripeness
maturity
In 2020 this late, great writer was back on the paperback bestseller list with "The Bluest Eye", her debut novel
Toni Morrison
Small businesses create over 10 times more of these exclusive invention registrations per employee than large companies
patents
"Hurry hurry hurry before I go insane"
"I Wanna Be Sedated"
2012: "That's my secret, Cap. I'm always angry"
Mark Ruffalo (The Avengers)
To enroll in a university
matriculate
When it comes to "L is for Lawless" & "C is for Corpse", "G" is for this bestselling mystery author
Sue Grafton
With wings or not, this type of investor provides seed money from his own pocket in exchange for equity in the business
an angel investor
"It's a black fly in your Chardonnay"
"Ironic"
In a Tarantino film: "You know somethin', Utivich? I think this just might be my masterpiece"
Brad Pitt (Inglourious Basterds)
A rectangular numeric array in math
matrix
This man who's given us "Goosebumps" has sold more than 400 million books
R.L. Stine
Per the National Small Business Association, more than 30% of U.S. small businesses operate as these, LLCs
limited liability corporations/companies