[floridageorgia]

My 2c as a bootstrapping founder (who has not taken outside money): I don't think there is any virtue in funding your business with your own money. Call yourself bootstrapped or funded, what ultimately matters is that the business survives and thrives.

[whimsicalism]

Sure, but words have meaning and bootstrapping is specifically about not selling ownership for cash

[dustingetz]

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[whimsicalism]

i don't understand what there is to argue over, i am just saying what the word means.

[xboxnolifes]

Right, but it's still not a bootstrapped business.