No one can advise you when to throw your "hat in the ring" and say defiantly at the Outstart, "Gentlemen, I am here to fight!"
"The Art of Public Speaking"
Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein
Outstart This word is sometimes used when outset should be employed.
"Slips of Speech"
John H. Bechtel