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What does bootstrapping mean?

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  1. present participle of bootstrap
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While bootstrapping their economy with the fruits of Western labor and ingenuity, they gain the tools to prune democracy on the vine.
She is not alone in her commitment to bootstrapping as a way of life.
Why don't we start with bootstrapping, which has been a critical part of the start-up process as you describe it.
If your idea of roughing it is reducing the minutes on your cell phone then this little bootstrapping primer should get your creative juices flowing.
All other things being equal, is a check from his venture fund better than bootstrapping with no cash?
How much did his restlessness, his personal bootstrapping, influence the entrepreneurialism of the age?

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