Van Auken & Neeley (2010) further refined the definition of bootstrap financing to include those sources of capital used after exhausting personal savings, but not personal capital or loans from banks.
Bootstrap financing techniques among small enterprises in Osogbo metropolis.
Relationship between bootstrap financing, Number of employees, and small business success.
The Use of Bootstrap Financing Among Small Technology-Based Firms, Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 9(2), 145-159.