Bootstrapping still means that I, as an entrepreneur, am willing to invest my time and money on an environment that might have a reduced consumption in the futu

Bootstrapping still means that I, as an entrepreneur, am willing to invest my time and money on an environment that might have a reduced consumption in the future. If I have the same risk assessment, I would be better keeping my day job before going full-time on my idea Appealing to crowdsourcing you are just saying that you hope less sophisticated and seasoned investors (the crowd) is willing to give you money while professional investors that are paid to assess risk (the VC) are not.