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These are the Glengarry leads.


Can someone explain what this means?


It's a memorable line from a monologue delivered by the Alec Baldwin character in the movie 'Glengarry Glen Ross'.

[scene] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-AXTx4PcKI

[transcript] http://www.whysanity.net/monos/ggr2.html

(Language is NSFW... unless of course your workplace is like the one in the movie.)


A more modern, work-safe version from SNL:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/3362/saturday-night-live-glengarry...


Only for closers? Or are you referring to whether they are ultimately not the types of investors you would want anyway?

If the latter, (a) anybody willing to give you money now is someone you should consider, (b) if you look at people who are considered sophisticated now, they all were considered unsophisticated at some point.




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