shoestring operation

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Nor is DeepSeek a shoestring operation: It’s a spinoff from the Chinese hedge fund High-Flyer, whose investment in the project is unknown.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2025

Grants from the National Recreation Trails program and the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office have also helped the shoestring operation, which provides the closest groomed nordic skiing to residents of Whatcom and Skagit counties.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2023

The mission was a shoestring operation, sustained by small cash donations.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2023

But where Dateline had a sprawling crew and official coordination with local law enforcement, Predator DC was — like many web series — a shoestring operation.

From The Verge • Jul. 22, 2022

Bingham had never before sold to an individual company, let alone a shoestring operation on Sheriff Street.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell