bootstrapping
Starting without help
Bootstrapping is starting something using only existing resources, without external help.
The image comes from the impossible task of pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps.
In computing, bootstrapping (or booting) is a system starting itself by loading progressively more complex programs.
In business, bootstrapping means building a company without outside investment: We bootstrapped the startup from our garage.
In statistics, bootstrapping generates data by resampling from an existing dataset.
Repeated random selection method
- confidence intervalsBounds for estimated parameters
- jackknifeFolding pocket blade
- Monte CarloProbability estimation through randomness
- cross-validationResampling method for model assessment
subsampling · standard error · robust statistics · hypothesis testing
Able to provide independently
- resourcefulnessAbility to solve problems creatively
- independenceFreedom from external control
- self-madeSuccessful through own efforts
- self-starterOne with initiative
autonomy · DIY · ingenuity · resilience · self-help · grit · hustle · empowerment
Paying one's own way
- seed stageInitial startup funding phase
- founderOne who begins something
- entrepreneurOne who starts businesses
- sweat equityUnpaid work as investment
lean startup · organic growth · reinvestment · minimum viable product · cofounder · side hustle · scrappy · pre-seed
Initial startup program
- kernelSeed or essential core
- BIOSBoot-up initialization firmware
- UEFIFirmware interface for booting
- initializationPreparing system for operation
firmware · operating system · runtime · loader · linker · compiler · executable · POST
Foundational preparation for something
- basicsFoundational knowledge of something
- fundamentalsCore elements of something
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- starting pointPlace of commencement
building blocks · essentials · from scratch · ground up · first principles · core · cornerstone · underpinning
resampling
Repeated random selection method
- confidence intervalsBounds for estimated parameters
- jackknifeFolding pocket blade
- Monte CarloProbability estimation through randomness
cross-validation · subsampling · standard error · robust statistics · hypothesis testing
self-sufficient
Able to provide independently
- resourcefulnessAbility to solve problems creatively
- independenceFreedom from external control
- self-madeSuccessful through own efforts
self-starter · autonomy · DIY · ingenuity · resilience · self-help · grit · hustle · empowerment · self-funded
self-funding
Paying one's own way
- seed stageInitial startup funding phase
- founderOne who begins something
- entrepreneurOne who starts businesses
sweat equity · lean startup · organic growth · reinvestment · minimum viable product · cofounder · side hustle · scrappy · pre-seed · cash flow
bootloader
Initial startup program
initialization · firmware · operating system · runtime · loader · linker · compiler · executable · POST · recovery mode
groundwork
Foundational preparation for something
- basicsFoundational knowledge of something
- fundamentalsCore elements of something
- foundationUnderlying support structure
starting point · building blocks · essentials · from scratch · ground up · first principles · core · cornerstone · underpinning · baseline
- entrepreneurshipentrepreneur, startup, founder, co-founder, cofounder
- business activitiesmeetings, meeting, hiring, firing, training
- fundingfunding, grant, loan, grants, venture capital
- Resourcefulnessresourcefulness, ingenuity, cleverness, inventiveness, problem-solving
- setupsetting up, installation, assembling, installing, initialization
- self-relianceself-sufficiency, independence, resourcefulness, self-discipline, self-motivation
bootstrappingcrowdfunded
Financed by public contributions
subsidized · angel investment · debt financing · IPO · backed
bootstrappingsubsidized
Offset by external funding
deep-pocketed · dependent · resource-rich · silver spoon · bailout
boot, strap, boots, straps, strapping, strapless, bootstrap, bootstraps, bootstrapped