It is essential for any entrepreneur to understand the concept of bootstrapping. Bootstrapping is doing anything and everything to conserve capital for only the things that generate revenue. That may mean bartering for services, approaching friends and family for financial assistance, using rental furniture instead of buying new, and many other creative ways of saving money.

Explain how firms conserve capital. Select a fictitious or real new venture and describe their alternatives for preserving capital. Identify at least five ideas for bootstrapping; describe how these save precious capital as compared to their alternatives. Give examples for each, and justify how much money may be saved in the budget.