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: a company that markets its products or services usually exclusively online via a website
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In previous disruptions, such as the dot-com boom, industries saw massive changes, with new entrants coming in strong.
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Shubham Singhal, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
Strategy was formerly known as MicroStrategy — going public in June 1998 at $10 a share — promptly sprinting up 31-fold to around $320 before sinking fast in the wake of the dot-com bubble bursting and the revelation of dodgy revenue accounting at the analytics software company.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
After the dot-com bubble burst in the early 2000s, Candace Nelson reevaluated her career.
—Suhauna Hussain The Los Angeles Times, Arkansas Online, 18 Jan. 2026
The era included three California-heavy price bubbles – real estate in the late 1980s and the early 2000s, and the dot-com bubble in the late 1990s.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026
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Shubham Singhal, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
Strategy was formerly known as MicroStrategy — going public in June 1998 at $10 a share — promptly sprinting up 31-fold to around $320 before sinking fast in the wake of the dot-com bubble bursting and the revelation of dodgy revenue accounting at the analytics software company.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
After the dot-com bubble burst in the early 2000s, Candace Nelson reevaluated her career.
—Suhauna Hussain The Los Angeles Times, Arkansas Online, 18 Jan. 2026
The era included three California-heavy price bubbles – real estate in the late 1980s and the early 2000s, and the dot-com bubble in the late 1990s.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026
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“Dot-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dot-com. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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