as in powerhouse
an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired
he was the proverbial bootstrapper, having worked his way up from the mail room to the corner office
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Swishahouse went on to become a powerhouse label in hip-hop in the 2000s.—
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“Bootstrapper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bootstrapper. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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