to bootstrap
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7.4
- verb
- /ˈbuːtstræp/
- Informal
:
poner en marcha con recursos propios
- Because I understood that if Toby was to be successful, he was going to have to bootstrap it and do it on his own with no shortcuts and no handouts.
- trying to bootstrap
Like just like Instagram bootstrapped the social graph of Instagram to launch Threads, Google bootstrapped Gmail contacts to connect people in Buzz.
- Like just like Instagram bootstrapped the social graph of Instagram to launch Threads, Google bootstrapped Gmail contacts to connect people in Buzz.
- So not being from venture myself, as an entrepreneur, I'd always kind of self funded and bootstrapped.
- Because I understood that if Toby was to be successful, he was going to have to bootstrap it and do it on his own with no shortcuts and no handouts.
Examples
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Some companies do what we've done where they bootstrap on top of an existing technology.
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Many young entrepreneurs prefer to bootstrap—finance their companies with their own money or funds from friends and family members.
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In fact, you have to kind of bootstrap from the very early stages up to this level.
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At the start you bootstrap, you hustle, you find ways.
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I keep harping on the fact that you should try to bootstrap and not raise money.
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I love the idea of small, innovative teams of 30-50 people formed to bootstrap and create something.
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When he formed his second software company, Innoprise, in 2001, he needed $6 million to bootstrap the business.
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I agree that to bootstrap a tech company, you need time (as well as all the technical and business skills).
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The extreme levels of automation and outsourcing have allowed Sean Broihier to bootstrap a fast-growing company to substantial revenues with just three people, including himself.
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The idea was to bootstrap struggling American farmers into a world marketplace increasingly dominated by foreign producers.
Synonyms
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4.2
Able to live and support yourself without help from others
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4.9
To be independent and not need help from others
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4.4
To support yourself without help from other people
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8.2
Make your situation better by working hard without help
Antonyms
How Independent
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb bootstrap comes from the image of trying to 'pull yourself up by your bootstraps', which looks impossible but became a picture for starting or improving something 'by your own effort', often with little help.