William Hockey's preferred framing for how he built Column. Broader than bootstrapping: includes founder capital, Margin Lending against existing wealth, and reinvested Earnings. The point isn't to be pure — it's to avoid the incentive structure and Dilution of Venture Capital while still putting real money at risk. For Hockey, self-funding is the mechanism that restores Skin in the Game and makes Solvency the north star.
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