In her journal she confessed that after the business failed she had to raise oneself up by one's own bootstraps and rebuild her life from the ground up.

To lift oneself up by one's own bootstraps requires determination and hard work.

To pull oneself up by one's own bootstraps requires grit and determination in the face of repeated setbacks.

Many bootstrappers prefer to grow their startups steadily rather than seeking large venture capital.

As a bootstrapper, she taught herself coding, marketing, and finance to launch her startup without outside funding.

Her bootstrappy determination helped her grow the business from a kitchen-table operation into a thriving company.

We chose a bootstrappable system architecture so new services could be launched with minimal external dependencies.