Idiom:
Pull someone's leg ( joke )
Hit the book:
Launch
Suspect
Gamble
Cash flow crunch
Sign up
Rake in
Sleek
Roster
Raise
When Aulay Macaulay launched his web development business he never suspected he would spend years living in his office, but it was a gamble he was forced to make during a cash flow crunch that presented him with the options: give up on the business or lose your home.