Small-business owners who avoid working capital out of principle may be preventing their company from growing.

There are several ways to fund a small business including taking out a loan, applying for a grant and receiving capital from investors. Another alternative is bootstrapping. Here's what small-business ...

Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez Key Takeaways Bootstrapping, where a founder uses personal money to get the business off the ...

When you're first starting a business, one of the first things you'll need to do is figure out how you'll fund it. There are plenty of options — from crowdfunding to loans or grants. But the simplest ...

Bootstrap: Get (oneself or something) into or out of a situation using existing resources. I’ve always been a fan of this particular definition of “bootstrap” because it includes the notion of not ...

Image source: Getty Images People sometimes have a misconception about starting a business -- they think you always need lots of money. But you don't need a small business loan, investors, venture ...

Think DIY is just for newbies to the real estate industry? Find out how you can bootstrap aspects of your business at any point — and how to decide which skills you bring to the table. If you’ve ever ...

Entrepreneurs who have successfully navigated the mass retail market without relying on venture capital shared their journeys on Essence Festival's Soko Mrkt panel "Bootstrapping Your Business," ...

Angelia Kane was so sure the corporate world wasn’t for her that she began freelancing right of college in 1993. She started with web design, moved into consulting and then after the Internet bubble ...

(Editor’s note: Clate Mask is co-founder and CEO of Infusionsoft. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.) There are two ways to build a business: Raise a bunch of money or bootstrap. When I was in ...

A common term you hear with start-up businesses is bootstrapping. When business owners bootstrap their business, they start and grow their business on limited funding that they would generally receive ...