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: a company that markets its products or services usually exclusively online via a website
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Founders who think high spending on technology is a badge of success recall those from the dot-com era, when unseasoned executives ignored business basics, many even arguing that profits were no longer important.
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Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
The dot-com era, for all its speculative madness, at least built a functional, revolutionary Internet infrastructure that permanently transformed global commerce once the markets reset.
—Sunil Sharan, Fortune, 27 May 2026
The dot-com crash of 2000 nearly brought SoftBank to ruin, wiping out more than 90% of the company’s market value and reportedly reducing Son’s personal net worth by roughly $70 billion.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 May 2026
There was the 21-month streak that ended in September 2002 – surrounding the 9/11 terror attacks and the dot-com stock collapse.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
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Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
The dot-com era, for all its speculative madness, at least built a functional, revolutionary Internet infrastructure that permanently transformed global commerce once the markets reset.
—Sunil Sharan, Fortune, 27 May 2026
The dot-com crash of 2000 nearly brought SoftBank to ruin, wiping out more than 90% of the company’s market value and reportedly reducing Son’s personal net worth by roughly $70 billion.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 May 2026
There was the 21-month streak that ended in September 2002 – surrounding the 9/11 terror attacks and the dot-com stock collapse.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
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“Dot-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dot-com. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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