Example Sentences

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Migrating to another cloud provider or implementing a multi-cloud strategy would likely be too costly for a bootstrapped startup like his.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

But many of these smaller livestream channels are more bootstrapped operations, adherent to the same grind culture their content facilitates.

From Slate • Sep. 2, 2023

From Hewlett-Packard to Google, the tales of bootstrapped companies that have turned into giants has inspired generations of entrepreneurs.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2023

From its inception, Mokkah has been a lean, bootstrapped company.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2023

The men bootstrapped the enterprise they now call EarthViews by raising $40,000 from a “friends and family” funding round to pay for equipment and travel.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2022