Bootstrapping is a self-starting process that entrepreneurs use to fund and grow their startups or businesses using their resources or the company's operating revenue. Rather than relying on external ...

The expression ‘pulling yourself up by your bootstraps’ evolved to mean ‘attempting to do something without outside help’. In business, ‘bootstrapping’ is the practice of building a business without ...

Silicon Valley headlines often report on the size of venture capital raised by a startup -- the bigger the funding, the bigger the story. But this is a poor way to understand the startup community.