bootstrapping
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- noun
- /ˈbuːtstræpɪŋ/
- Jargon
:
autofinanciación
- Many successful startups owe their early growth to bootstrapping, often relying only on their founders' savings.
- bootstrapping companies
- a bootstrapping ethic
Examples
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Bootstrapping has been our most gut-wrenching choice in building our business.
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Several companies relying primarily on bootstrapping obtained assured revenue by developing customer relations or partnerships with established firms early on.
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Speaking from my own bootstrapping experience.
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I fully agree with your ideas of entrepreneurship and bootstrapping to achieve this.
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You're essentially bootstrapping the business with your own capital.
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Then it's necessary to turn to VC or government funding. Bootstrapping, the fourth funding model, includes personal investments by startup founders and by their friends and families.
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Her approach to bootstrapping the project included using free online tools and leveraging her existing network.
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After several months of bootstrapping, they finally launched their product without any external funding.
Antonyms
How Self-Funded
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- Jargon
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bootstrapping comes from the image of pulling yourself up by your bootstrap — the small strap on a boot, meaning 'to pull yourself up'. In business, bootstrapping means starting a company with little money or help, so you grow by using your own resources.