My definition of Bootstrapping is simply: "the right action at the right time." Significant capital from investors does not belong in the Ideation or VoD stages, but is appropriate to consider in the Growth stage.

This article reveals a very positive trend where capital is finding its appropriate place in the entrepreneurial adventure. When capital comes into the system earlier, it should rightly be in very small amounts and without a timeline associated with it.

This trend bodes well for bootstrappers AND investors.